Famous Last Words
By Jars of Clay
(c) 1999 Bridge Building Music, Inc. / Pogostick Music / BMI
Tabbed by Josh Smith  Strad881@cs.com


Famous Last Words


Intro:  Bm7  F#m  D  E/G#  Bm7   F#m   D


Vs 1:

Bm7               F#m                D                 E/G#
You say you heard every word, but I watched you turn away
Bm7            F#m          D
Your eyes grew colder than winter
Bm7            F#m          D                 E/G#
"Love is so intrusive," I thought I heard you say
Bm7         F#m           D
and laugh so unconvincingly

Chorus 1:
               A                  E/G#
(Famous last words) Famous last words,
                G
"I'm not ready yet"
                    D
"I won't be gone a minute"


Vs 2:

Bm7            F#m          D              E/G#
Narrow is the road and too high a price to pay
Bm7                 F#m        D
when loneliness is such a sanctuary.
Bm7           F#m          D             E/G#
Empty are the musings and wasted are the days
Bm7          F#m            D
when you say you were only waiting

Chorus 2:
              A                       E/G#
(Famous last words) And famous last words,
                G
"I'm not ready yet"
                     D                      A
"I won't be gone a minute" and I won't forget
              E/G#
Famous last words
                   G                  D                  C#m   F#
If tomorrow never comes, will I ever know that I was in love?
          Bm   A   E/G#
I was in love
    Bm   A   G
In love

Bridge:

D   A/C#   C   G    Bb   D  A/C#    C   Em  A  Em   A

                   F#m           D                 E

You say you heard every word, I watched you turn away
Bm7      F#m            D
You said you were only waiting

Chorus 3:
              A                       E/G#
(Famous last words) And famous last words,
                G
"I'm not ready yet"
                     D                      A
"I won't be gone a minute" but I won't forget
              E/G#
Famous last words
                   G                  D                  A    E/G#
If tomorrow never comes, will I ever know that I was in love?
                G    D
that I was in love
(chorus 1)


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