Pretty Stories chords by The Swell Season

Verse 1:
 C     C                Em      Em
I won't say I didn't see this coming
 C     C                       Bb    Bb
I'm just surprised, 'cause it happened so fast
 Dm   Dm    G       G7
I didn't have time to prepare myself
 Dm   Dm            G       G7
I was busy making pretty stories
 Dm    Dm              G       G7
In my mind, and was free of worries

Verse 2:
C
Tell me that you really meant it
Em                 Em
When you said you loved me
Dm           Dm                G    G7
I would hate to have made that part up
 C
I see that you have found someone
Em
Who makes you happy
 Dm            G    G7
And I hope you know that I'm glad
Dm           Dm                G    G7
I just need a moment or two
Dm           Dm                G    G7
'Cause even if you don't know it yet, I do
 C     C                Em      Em
I'm losing you
 C     C                Em      Em

Verse 3:
C                                  C
I know that you don't know what to say (I know that you don't know what to say)
C                                G
Now is not the time for running away (Now is not the time)
 F
Don't let me down, girl
 C
Don't let this be the way it ends
C                                   C
I know that you're holding back the tears (I know that you're holding back the tears)
C
Keep yourself together (Keep yourself together)
 G
For just a little while longer
 F                      C
Give me a day, please, give me a night
 C                     Bb
Give me one more sunset, just one more sunrise
 C
That's all
C                    Bb
One last look at the man you've loved
C
So deep, so long
Bb
Come on, be strong
 C                     Bb
Don't let him see, just be cool and smile
 C
For God's sakes, don't cry
 Bb                       C
Just try to pretend you don't know
 Bb    C
That this is goodbye
 Bb      C
Ah-ah-ah-ah
 Bb
Ah-ah-ah-ah

Outro:
C            Bb
Goodbye, oh, bye
C            Bb
Oh, bye, oh, bye
C      Bb
Goodbye
C      Bb
Goodbye