Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Verse 1:
D MajorD
Going into town with her friends tonight
D MajorD
Met you in the back under exit lights
G+G
Felt so harmless
G+G
Goddamn charmless
D MajorD
I got you a drink of a whisky and coke
D MajorD
Forgot my lines every time we spoke
G+G
I was joking
G+G
Outside smoking
Pre-Chorus:
B minorBm D MajorD
And I paid the price for bad advice
G+G
Now I’m on my knees and singing
Chorus:
D MajorD
Violet
G+G
Now my mind is set
B minorBm
Hold my cigarette
A augmentedA
'Cause I’m not leaving here without you
D MajorD
I’ve been so dumb
G+G
A augmentedA prodigal son
B minorBm
But now I’m done
A augmentedA
Won’t be leaving here without you
G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
V-I-oh my God, Violet
Verse 2:
D MajorD
You spill your drink so we share my beer
D MajorD
You say "Let’s get out of here"
G+G
There’s people fighting
G+G
Hate this lighting
D MajorD
Five years on and here we are
D MajorD
Same two people in the same damn bar
G+G
All those chances
G+G
Olive branches
Pre-Chorus:
B minorBm D MajorD
And I paid the price for bad advice
G+G
Now I’m on my knees and singing
Chorus:
D MajorD
Violet
G+G
Now my mind is set
B minorBm
Hold my cigarette
A augmentedA
'Cause I’m not leaving here without you
D MajorD
I’ve been so dumb
G+G
A augmentedA prodigal son
B minorBm
But now I’m done
A augmentedA
Won’t be leaving here without you
G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
V-I-oh my God, Violet
Bridge:
D MajorD D/C#
Oh, I’ll let you go
B minorBm A augmentedA
If you give me a reason
D MajorD D/C#
I have been to your house
B minorBm A augmentedA
And I’ve been to oblivion
D MajorD D/C#
Could this be forever
B minorBm A augmentedA
Or just a new season?
G+G A augmentedA
There’s no one else like you
Chorus:
D MajorD
Violet
G+G
Now my mind is set
B minorBm
Hold my cigarette
A augmentedA
'Cause I’m not leaving here without you
D MajorD
I’ve been so dumb
G+G
A augmentedA prodigal son
B minorBm
But now I’m done
A augmentedA
Won’t be leaving here without you
D MajorD
Violet
G+G
Now my mind is set
B minorBm
Hold my cigarette
A augmentedA
'Cause I’m not leaving here without you
D MajorD
I’ve been so dumb
G+G
A augmentedA prodigal son
B minorBm
But now I’m done
A augmentedA
Won’t be leaving here without you
Outro:
D MajorD
I want you violet
G+G
I'm begging violet
B minorBm
Why don't we try it?
A augmentedA
Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah. Come on, if I
D MajorD
I want you violet
G+G
I'm begging violet
B minorBm
Why don't we try it?
G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
V-I-oh my god, Violet
G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
V-I-oh my god, Violet