Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA
Verse:
E MajorE
What happens when your safe place leaves?
A augmentedA
What happens when the one you trust won't hear your plea?
E MajorE
What happens when your daydreams end?
A augmentedA
You lose all the comfort you'd invested in
E MajorE
I dream that someday I'll find the peace I need
A augmentedA E MajorE
It seems that my nightmares always end with these things
A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA
And I try to block it out, but I won't forget the fall
E MajorE
What happens when your lover's gone?
A augmentedA
What happens when it don't go just the way you thought?
E MajorE
What happens when the mat's pulled out?
A augmentedA
You're falling and you don't know how to face a crowd
What a shock, what a scare
E MajorE
Two nights ago I was holding your hand
A augmentedA
What a crack, what a joke
E MajorE
Don't know if I should pat you on the back or watch you go
A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA (all downstrums from here)
And I try to block it out, but I won't forget the fall
(All down stumps from here)
E MajorE A augmentedA
This is not what I had in mind when I told you I'd be by your side
E MajorE A augmentedA
No, this is not what I had in mind when I told you I would always try
E MajorE A augmentedA
No, this is not what I had meant when I asked you if you'd be my man
E MajorE A augmentedA
This is not what I had planned when I told you I'd be your woman
E MajorE A augmentedA
Oh no no, no no no
E MajorE A augmentedA
I wanted you so
E MajorE
My hope was strong but overpowered
A augmentedA E MajorE (one strum)
By a boy whose faith was swallowed by his doubt