For Keeps chords by Rachel Bobbitt

• Difficulty: Intermediate

♫ Intro:

D# Cm F G#



♫ Verse 1:
D#
I wanted you to lead me
Cm
Like a dog to a fight
         F                    G#
But you got so much older overnight
D#
I wanted you to hold me
Cm
Like the snap of a snare
     F                    G#
But god, you gotta go and I'm not going there

D# Cm F G#

D#                                Cm
You took the family car and you peeled out of view
F                                       G#
I hated you in the fleeting way that children often do
D#                                Cm
Would it have killed you then to tell me that you cared
F                                       G#
And would it have killed me then to tell you I was scared

♫ Chorus:
Cm                  G        G#                 D#
I could drive all night and never see anything new
Cm                  G        G#                 D#
I could take both my hands and wrap them around you
Cm                            G     G#            F
But nothing could keep you here for me or me for you

D# Cm F G#

♫ Verse 2:
D#                                Cm
The bad times took a year or two and then we’re splitting ways
F                                       G#
I wonder if they never left would we all have stayed
D#                                Cm
Would it have killed you then to tell me you were scared
F                                       G#
And would it have killed me then to tell you that I cared

♫ Chorus:
Cm                  G        G#                 D#
I could drive all night and never see anything new
Cm                  G        G#                 D#
I could take both my hands and wrap them around you
Cm                            G     G#            F
But nothing could keep you here for me or me for you

D#

        D#                               G#
I could mourn what waits for you like a flagpole in the distance
     Cm                G
But mines waving the same
G#
You know

        D#
And your body moves and changes
       G#
Regardless of my aching
     Cm                G
And mines changing the same
G#
I know

D#                                Cm
There's only so much love you can feel from a distance
F                                       G#
And time makes a fool of everyone who tries to change it
D#                                Cm
I’ll picture you in the living room Christmas morning full n fed
F                                       G#
You picture me in whatever light you like inside your head