Tom: D
G D G
[Verse 1]
D A
Well the news found me today, a million steps away
Bm G
These things take time to travel, it would seem
D
I can’t even fall apart
A
Really now, where would I start?
Bm G
I swear we spoke last night, or did I dream?
[Interlude]
G A Bm G
[Verse 2]
D
And I can see you in my mind
A
Your eyes and how they would shine
Bm G
Blue, the sky that made itself your name
D
Oh god, can it be true?
A
Why me, but more why you?
Bm G
When did it fall apart, when did we change?
[Verse 3]
D
I remember the time, we were seven years old
A
When you let me kiss you, on top of the world
Bm
I come back to the memory, safe in my soul
G
But now when I arrive I find myself alone
[Chorus 1]
D
And I’m scared of the day that I forget your face
A
Hold on so tight, but it still slips away
Bm
I keep searching this hollow stone
G
For the youth I used to know
[Interlude]
Em G
[Verse 4]
D
In the summer I checked in
A
Seemed like you were wearing thin
Bm G
Said that you had seen a quiet sort of year
D A
Sounded older than before, like you’d lost another war
Bm G
As we spoke I heard you slowly disappear
[Inerlude]
D A Bm G
[Verse 5]
D
And all the pills that you would take
A
Just to help you stay awake
Bm G
Couldn’t guide you on your way back home to shore
D
And the girl I used to know
A
Well, I lost her years ago
Bm G
But knowing that just makes this hurt much more
[Chorus 2]
D
Oh comfort, oh comfort, say how will it feel
A
My hand starts to crack, my skin starts to peel
Bm
When I die will it ever have happened at all?
G
In my heart I still wait for the day that you’ll call
D
And I’m sorry that I didn’t keep us in touch
A
I didn’t sit missing you, not all that much
Bm
And I’m sorry I let you go
G
The youth I used to know
[Interlude]
Bm F#m A Bm F#m A
Bm G A
The youth I used to know
Bm G A
The youth I used to know
Bm G A
The youth I used to know (the youth I used to know)
Bm G A
The youth I used to know (the youth I used to know)
Bm G A
(The youth I used to know)
Bm G A
(The youth I used to know)
