Tom: C
Intro:
Am - C - G - F (2x)
Verse:
Am G
Am I a terrible lie, just a southern mess?
C G
Am I the signature you’ll forge on the birthday cards
Am C
that I’ll forget to send
Am C
can we please just not pretend
Am C
that all my thoughtlessness had purpose
G F Am - F - C
do you think that it was worth it?
Pre Chorus:
Am F G (let it ring)
I’m not they same as I was when we were younger
Chorus:
C G
We swam out past the shallow breakers
Am G
I never thought that the tide would take us
Am C G F
we live just to love and learn to give it up
Am C G F
we are in the arms of lovers
C G
we are hopeless we’re all comets
Am G
with love for someone carried on us
Am C G F
we live just to learn but hope never gives us up
Am C G F
we are in the arms of lovers
Am C F Am C G
Soldiers with heavy hearts just reach out into the dark
Verse 2:
Am G
You found me walking through our town in the dead of night
C
I was looking for you
G Am C
I always thought that if you loved me in the end
Am C Am C G F Am - F - C
I could fall but I would mend but I’m tired of this secret cos I know that I can’t keep it
