Chords with lyrics
Intro:
G+G
I promised you I'm never giving up
Never giving up, never giving up
D MajorD
I won't give in
G+G
But now that my body's giving up
D MajorD
My legs are giving out my head is throwing up its hands, it's asking
E minorEm
Can we wait for the summer again?
G+G
Can we hold out for summer again?
E minorEm D MajorD
Can we ever be whole again?
Bridge:
G+G C majorC G+G
It's how we start over (starting over)
E minorEm G+G C majorC G+G
It's how we start, it's how we start over
G+G C majorC G+G
It's how we start over (starting over)
E minorEm G+G C majorC G+G
It's how we start, it's how we start over
Verse 1:
E minorEm D MajorD G+G D MajorD
My old house, my childhood's tomb
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD
It is a failing light, but it will come back soon
E minorEm D MajorD G+G D MajorD
A augmentedA candle burns in your old room
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD
And before it goes out, I swear I will find you
Verse 2:
E minorEm D MajorD G+G D MajorD
My little sister I was two
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD
The year that you were born, and Ben came after you
E minorEm D MajorD G+G D MajorD
We all three shared gentle youth
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD
Our mother combed our hair, our father cleaned our wounds
Verse 3:
E minorEm D MajorD G+G D MajorD
Then a small thing happened or sunk its tooth
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD
And I was left behind, in different shapes you move
E minorEm D MajorD G+G D MajorD
In my peripheral sight I reach out for you
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD
But when I turn my head I'm in an empty room
Verse 4:
E minorEm D MajorD G+G D MajorD
A augmentedA faceless clock, the hands unmoved
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD
But for a layer of dust, a cobweb or two
E minorEm D MajorD G+G D MajorD
In a broken mirror I see my broken truths
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD
Now when I comb my hair, I pull the gray ones loose
Verse 5:
E minorEm D MajorD G+G D MajorD
My old house my childhood's tomb
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD
It is a failing light, but it will come back soon
E minorEm D MajorD G+G D MajorD
In the backyard, birds, a dogwood blooms
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD
I will come back home, I will wait for you
Outro:
E minorEm G+G
I will wait for the summer (wait for the summer)
C majorC G+G
I will hold out for summer (hold out for summer)
E minorEm G+G
I will wait for the summer (wait for the summer)
C majorC G+G
I will hold out for summer (hold out for summer)
E minorEm
I will wait, there's a promised land
G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G