Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
DmDm
DmDm A minorAm C majorC
Oh, tell me this isn't true
DmDm A augmentedA C majorC
Oh, is this really the end?
Refrain:
DmDm A minorAm
And as all the leaves?rustle?above us
DmDm Bb majorBb DmDm C majorC
And as?all the dirt covers our skin
DmDm C majorC
Rest?your head onto my chest
FF Bb majorBb C majorC
I'll tell you stories of the life we could have had
DmDm
Verse 1:
DmDm A minorAm
We danced bare-footed in the grass
Bb majorBb C majorC
We read big, heavy books and we would smile
DmDm
Our only drug was love
A minorAm Bb majorBb C majorC
And boy did we get high, oh, how we smoked each other up
Refrain:
DmDm
And as all the leaves rustle above us
Bb majorBb C majorC
And as all the dark covers our skin
DmDm
Rest your head onto my chest
FF Bb majorBb C majorC DmDm
I'll tell you stories of the life we could have had
Verse 2:
DmDm C majorC
Oh, my love, my one true friend
DmDm A minorAm C majorC
Oh, is this really the end?
DmDm A minorAm
We worked hard and we made lots of money
Bb majorBb A minorAm
And when we had enough to be happy, we gave the rest away
DmDm
We didn't complain much
C majorC A minorAm
We were good with what we had
Bb majorBb C majorC
Oh, how we were happy
Refrain:
DmDm A minorAm
And as all the leaves rustle above us
Bb majorBb C majorC
And as all the cold buries our bones
DmDm
Rest your head onto my chest
FF C majorC Bb majorBb
I'll tell you stories of the life we could have had
Bridge:
Bb majorBb D MajorD DmDm
We traveled to lands and then beyond
Bb majorBb
Found ourselves a boat and sailed into the sun
C majorC
Oh, how we were happy
Bb majorBb DmDm
In the life we could have had
C majorC A augmentedA Bb majorBb DmDm C majorC A augmentedA
Had, had, had
Post-Chorus:
DmDm FF
Rest your head onto my chest
Bb majorBb C majorC DmDm
I'll tell you stories of the dream we could have lived
Bb majorBb
Of the places we could have seen
C majorC DmDm
Of the things we could have done
A minorAm Bb majorBb C majorC
Of the people we could have been
Outro:
DmDm A minorAm
Now every word is a whisper
Bb majorBb C majorC
And every sound is a song
DmDm A minorAm
And as all the leaves rustle above us
Bb majorBb
There's no moving on
A minorAm FF DmDm
This is the end
A minorAm Bb majorBb E MajorE FF A minorAm Bb majorBb C majorC DmDm