A Faint Illusion Acoustic chords by Tilian Pearson

This is all done by ear so if you have any corrections please let me know!


Standard tuning, no capo


(in the Em chord, keep your finger on the B string 3rd fret. It's just a quick change between Em and G)


   G    D    G
I know you know.

     Em  G
Despite your reservations,

             Em   G             Em G
Out of everything in this world, I choose you.

     Em  G            Em  G
It goes to show, despite our conversations,

             Em  G
Back when you were just a little girl,

     Em G
We had no clue

      C                                 Em B Em C
Just what we were getting ourselves into.             (Second Em SHould be A barred one)

C                                    Em B Em Am
We were merely trying something new.



D F (strum once)


B        B         (Fingerpicked)
Woooooah Wooooooah




Em       G
Dissolve myself in you,

           D
Cause I'm not gonna not gonna give you up.

B
No I'm not gonna not gonna give you up

Em     G
Cancel myself to feel you,

           D
Cause I'm not gonna not gonna give you up.

B
No I´m not gonna not gonna give you up.



    G   D    G
I know you know.

     Em  G                        Em  G
Despite the implications that we were out of character.

    Em  G
I always knew

C                                       Em B Em c
Just what we were getting ourselves into.              (Second Em should be barred)

C                                   Em B Em Am
We were merely trying something new.


D   F (Strum Once)

B        B         (Fingerpicked)
Woooooah Wooooooah



Em       G
Dissolve myself in you,

           D
Cause I'm not gonna not gonna give you up.

B
No I'm not gonna not gonna give you up

Em     G
Cancel myself to feel you,

           D
Cause I'm not gonna not gonna give you up.

B
No I´m not gonna not gonna give you up.



C          G       D              Am              C
When we used to lay ourselves out on the front lawn

G              D
Of their ivory towers,

Am       C        G             D
We would show our bodies to the world.

Am               C          B
Then we would go home and work on a castle of our own.




C
You were impatient, I was a fall back.

G
A dirty mistake, you never called back.

B
You were salvation,

B
I never told you



C
You were impatient, I was a fall back.

Em
A dirty mistake, you never called back.

G
You were salvation,

          B
I never told you I always had the notion

B
I would fall in love with you.

C
You were a call girl, I was your gentleman

Em
A faint illusion of your simple plan.

G
I was salvation.

               B
You never told me you always had the notion that you knew

B
What we could be.
[x2]


C (Strum once)


   G    D    G
I know you know.

     Em  G
Despite your reservations,

             Em   G             Em G