Difficulty
Intermediate
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🎸
Key: C
🎸 Intro:
Am
🎸 Verse :
Am B7
I was right there
C C#dim7
While you fought tooth and nail
F C B7 E
Gasping in the gas mask thrashing ‘til you disappeared
Am B7
Say you’re not scared
C C#dim7
That you know it’s ‘cause I cared and
F C E E7 Am A7
Say you know I love you, and that hope was just not there
🎸 Chorus:
F Fm C
And I know
I know that I’m wrong
C7 F
That when you’re gone, you’re gone
Fm C C#dim7 Edim7
And I can’t bring you home
F Fm C
But I want
I want to believe
C7 F
That you'll remember me
Fm C
When you’re just memory
C E7
🎸 Verse :
Am B7
Roots in the ground
C C#dim7 Edim7
Or uploaded to the cloud or
F C B7 E
Warm inside our hearts or as electrons in our head -nowhere now
Am B7
Over the rainbow
C C#dim7 Edim7
Can I stop by and say hello and
F C E E7 Am A7
Sorry I would take it back if I could but I know
🎸 Chorus:
F Fm C
To love one from too far to call
C7 F
It’s not to love at all
Fm C C#dim7 Edim7
To whom is it I talk?
F Fm C
But I want
I want to believe
C7 F
That you can still hear me
Fm C
When you’re just memory
C E7
🎸 Bridge:
Am B7 C C#dim7 Edim7 F C B7 E E7
Am B7
Said "It’s okay"
C C#dim7 Edim7
And "It’ll all be over soon
I’d
F C E7 Am A7
Never let a bad thing happen to you; now goodnight
I love you"
🎸 Chorus:
F Fm C
And every, everybody dies
C7 F
Fighting for their lives
Fm C C#dim7 Edim7
Just trying to survive
F Fm C
Well now I know
I know why we say
C7 F
That there’s a better place
Fm C C#dim7 Edim7
That waits beyond the grave
🎸 Outro:
F Fm C
And I know
I know it’s not true
C7 F
There’s just no more you
Fm C C#dim7 Edim7
But as long as there’s no proof
F Fm C
Then I choose
I choose to believe
C7 F
That we’ll meet in sweet dreams
Fm C
After you’re put to sleep
Song History
Published: July 2, 2022
Last Updated: September 10, 2025