Key: C#

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Intro:
e | -1h4p1---1h4p1------------------ | 
B | --------------------2---4-2-1-2- | 
G | -------3-------3--3---3--------- | 
D | -------------------------------- |  x6
A | -------------------------------- | 
E | -------------------------------- | 


Distortion: F#--Ebm--Bbm--G#-- x2


Verse 1:
F#                 Ebm
  I slowly started chipping
             Bbm           Ab
away at this block of stone
                 F#     Ebm
in an attempt to fashion   a
                     Bbm
way to regain your attention
Ab                      F#
  why won't you hear me out?
                        Ebm
I started out with some paper
                Bbm    Ab
and pen and my apologies
but every time I try
   F#          Ebm
to write to you
I just can never find
    Bbm        Ab
the words to explain


Chorus 1:
                C#                Bbm
so I'll build a monument to honor you
           C#                  Bbm
out of the ruins of the love I knew
               C#
I'll turn your favorite memories
       Bbm
into a sight for all to see
                        Ebm
because I know when you see
                       F#
it you'll come back to me


Interlude:
e | -1h4p1---1h4p1------------------ | 
B | --------------------2---4-2-1-2- | 
G | -------3-------3--3---3--------- | 
D | -------------------------------- |  x4
A | -------------------------------- | 
E | -------------------------------- | 


Distortion: F#--Ebm--Bbm--G#--


Verse 2:
F#
  picked me up the phone and I
 Ebm
started to dial your
          Bbm   Ab
line from memory
too proud to ever
        F#    Ebm
let you pickup
close to the point
               Bbm    Ab
where I should give up
you'll never call me back
F#                           Ebm
  so now I'm doing something tangible
            Bbm
I'm working with my hands
Ab                            F#
  because I can never seem to manage
Ebm                      Bbm
   to say I'm sorry in a language
              Ab
you can comprehend


(Repeat Chorus 1)


Bridge:
Fm F#
     I'll put it right
outside your window
Fm F#
     so it's impossible to ignore
Fm F#
     will that be good enough
    Fm  F#    B
for you? (for you)
Fm F#
     and even if you pulled
your shades down
Fm F#
     and burn the statue
to the ground
Fm F#
      it'll be enough to bring
     F#
your warmth back to me


Chorus 2:
  C#
a monument to honor you
out of the ruins of the love I knew
I'll turn your favorite memories
into a sight for all to see
                        Ebm
because I know when you see
                       F#
it you'll come back to me


Chorus 3:
           C#                Bbm
building a monument to honor you
           C#                  Bbm
out of the ruins of the love I knew
               C#
I'll turn your favorite memories
       Bbm
into a sight for all to see
                        Ebm
because I know when you see
                       F#
it you'll come back to me


Outro:
             F#
come back to me


Fm--F#, Fm--F#--C#(hold)