Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
E MajorE BB E MajorE BB
Verse 1:
BB E MajorE BB
Honey, when I'm above the trees
E MajorE BB
I see this for what it is
C#C# BB
But now I'm right down in it, all the years I've given
E MajorE BB
Is just shit we're dividin' up
C#C# BB
Showed you all of my hiding spots
E MajorE BB
I was dancing when the music stopped
C#C# BB BB
And in the disbelief, I can't face reinvention
BB E MajorE
I haven't met the new me yet
Chorus:
BB G# minorG#m
There'll be happiness after you
BB E MajorE
But there was happiness because of you
BB G# minorG#m
Both of these things can be true
BB
There is happiness
Post-Chorus:
E MajorE BB
Past the blood and bruise
C# minorC#m BB
Past the curses and cries
E MajorE BB
Beyond the terror in the nightfall
C#m7C#m7 BB
Haunted by the look in my eyes
E MajorE
That would've loved you for a lifetime
BB
Leave it all behind
C#m7C#m7 BB
And there is happiness
Verse 2:
E MajorE BB C#m7C#m7
Tell me, when did your winning smile
BB E MajorE
Begin to look like a smirk?
BB C#m7C#m7 E minorEm
When did all our lessons start to look like weapons
BB E MajorE
Pointed at my deepest hurt?
BB C#m7C#m7
I hope she'll be your beautiful fool
BB E MajorE
Who takes my spot next to you
BB
No, I didn't mean that
C#m7C#m7 BB
Sorry, I can't see facts through all of my fury
E MajorE BB C#m7C#m7 BB
You haven't met the new me yet
Chorus:
E MajorE BB
There'll be happiness after me
C#m7C#m7 BB
But there was happiness because of me
E MajorE BB
Both of these things, I believe
C#m7C#m7
There is happiness
Post-Chorus:
BB E MajorE BB C#m7C#m7
In our history, across our great divide
BB E MajorE
There is a glorious sunrise
BB C#m7C#m7
Dappled with the flickers of light
BB E MajorE
From the dress I wore at midnight, leave it all behind
BB C#m7C#m7 BB
And there is happiness
Bridge:
F# minorF#m E MajorE C# minorC#m BB
I can't make it go away by making you a villain
F# minorF#m E MajorE A augmentedA BB
I guess it's the price I paid for seven years in Heaven
C# minorC#m E MajorE
And I pulled your body into mine
BB C# minorC#m
Every goddamn night, now I get fake niceties
E MajorE
No one teaches you what to do
BB
When a good man hurts you
And you know you hurt him, too
Verse 3:
E MajorE BB C#m7C#m7
Honey, when I'm above the trees
BB E MajorE
I see it for what it is
BB C#m7C#m7 BB E MajorE
But now my eyes leak acid rain on the pillow where you used to lay your head
BB C#m7C#m7
After giving you the best I had
BB E MajorE
Tell me what to give after that
BB C#m7C#m7 BB
All you want from me now is the green light of forgiveness
E MajorE BB
You haven't met the new me yet
C#m7C#m7 BB
And I think she'll give you that
Chorus:
E MajorE BB
There'll be happiness after you
C#m7C#m7 E minorEm BB E MajorE
But there was happiness because of you, too
BB
Both of these things can be true
C# minorC#m
There is happiness
Post-Chorus:
BB E MajorE BB C#m7C#m7
In our history, across our great divide
BB E MajorE
There is a glorious sunrise
BB C# minorC#m
Dappled with the flickers of light
BB E MajorE BB
From the dress I wore at midnight, leave it all behind
C# minorC#m BB
Oh, leave it all behind
E MajorE
Leave it all behind
BB
And there is happiness
Instrumental:
C#m7C#m7 C# minorC#m BB
E MajorE BB C#m7C#m7
BB E MajorE BB E MajorE BB