Tom: D
:D A/C#: B7 A: G G: G G: (2 times for intro)
D A/C# B7 A G
Ariella, 7:30 I don't want to get up yet
D A/C# B7 A G
Listen to the morning music cursing the alarm you set
D A/C# A/C
As you know I've never been a praying man
G Bb F G
I don't need a God to make me feel alright
D A/C# A/C G
But if you wonder why I never wrote you a song
Bb A/C D
it's because happiness writes white
D A/C# B7 A
I tried to put it into words, but the words just sound like mistakes
D A/C# B7 A
I tried to find a set of chords, but you know how long that takes me
D A/C# B7 A
I can't trust my fingers, I can't trust my tongue
D A/C# B7 A
The work is too important and we're no longer young after all
D A/C# B7 A
When I consider what you put up with I'm amazed you still have skin
D A/C# B7 A
When I consider what you mean to me... it's everything
D A/C# B7 A
It's everything
D A/C# B7 A G
Ariella, 11:30 I don't want to go to sleep
D A/C# B7 A G
turn the TV off already curse the hours we have to keep
D A/C# A/C
as you know I've never been a confident man
G Bb F G
I've been in the tall grass all my life
D A/C# A/C G
Until you came along now there's one less thing wrong
Bb A/C D
even though happiness writes white
D A/C# B7 A G
I know happiness writes white
I know happiness writes white
I know happiness writes white
I know happiness writes white
D A/C# B7 A G (end on G)
I know hapinesss writes white
Notes: A/C# represents an A major chord with a C# in the bass.
So the bass line goes D, C#, B, A, G for the majority of the songt.
Also the song makes heavy use of a repeated A
(you can hear it on the up beats during the intro).
