Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Key: C majorC
Difficulty: Novice
Intro:
G+G
Chorus:
G+G E MajorE
I know you are there
C majorC A minorAm
In the light, in the air
G+G E minorEm
I know you won't leave
C majorC A minorAm
The dirt, or the trees
Verse 1:
G+G
Last night I closed my eyes
E minorEm
And you did come to me
C majorC
You stood above my bed
A minorAm
Tucking in the sheets
G+G
Your hands were strong and warm
E minorEm
And smelled like cigarettes
C majorC
The kiss upon my forehead
A augmentedA
I would not forget
Chorus:
G+G E MajorE
I know you are there
C majorC A minorAm
In your books, in your chair
G+G E minorEm
I know you won't leave
C majorC A augmentedA
The windows, or the leaves
Verse 2:
G+G
When I was young you hit me
E minorEm
Said I had no gift
C majorC
Tounge too small and teeth too pretty
A augmentedA
I'd never sing or lick
G+G
And so I tried my hardest
E minorEm
To live up to you
C majorC
If I just loved you enough
A minorAm
You'd come to love me too
Bridge:
G+G E minorEm
I wonder if you hurt me in your fever dream
C majorC
Did you wake in some strange room
A augmentedA
Thinking you'd fled the scene
G+G E minorEm
Empty bottle dangling like a heavy stone
C majorC
Having just seen your own father
A minorAm
In your boyhood home
Chorus:
G+G E minorEm
I know you are there
C majorC A minorAm
In my bones, in my hair
G+G E minorEm
I know you won't leave
C majorC A augmentedA
The soles of my feet
G+G E minorEm C majorC A minorAm D MajorD (x2)
Bridge:
G+G E MajorE
If I could sing, I'd sing an endless song for you
C majorC A minorAm
My lily throat would tear I'd do so long for you
G+G E minorEm
Magpies would take the sounds I make into their beaks
C majorC A minorAm
And find you in the darkness
They're my words it speaks
Outro:
G+G
I forgive you
E MajorE
I forgive you
C majorC
I forgive you
A minorAm A augmentedA
I forgive you
G+G
I forgive you
E MajorE
I forgive you
C majorC
I forgive you
A minorAm A augmentedA
I forgive you, I forgive you
G+G
I forgive you
E MajorE
I forgive you
C majorC
I forgive you
A minorAm A augmentedA
I forgive you
G+G
I forgive you
E MajorE
I forgive you
C majorC
I forgive you
A minorAm A augmentedA
I forgive you
G+G
I forgive you