• Song:

    The Lesson

  • Artist:

    System Syn

Am G C Dm      best with pick pattern rhythm 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2, fairly easy to 
understand with recording.

       Am          G
it was January and you were melting
C                  Dm        
while the rainfall turned to snow
    Am                G
and you were thinking of the end
        C           Dm
all the reasons you couldn't let me in

Am G C Dm 
               Am                  G
sometimes it's easier to sever the connection
       C                   Dm
burn a bridge to help them believe
                 Am
it's not your fault
                   G
she's crying at an empty page
  C 
of words you couldn't form
        Dm                       Am
all the bitterness and misplaced rage

Am Am Am Am G G-Em Em C C C C Am Am G G  (or you can just do regular Am G C Dm)
             Am
she said the water's fine
          G                  C
won't you breathe it in with me
               Am
that weight you feel
        (G)        Am
it will leave with me
              G
if you let it go
              C
if you let me go
       Am         (G)  Am
no one will remember

Am G C Dm 
              Am              G
and you can't make it on your own
              C           Dm
but you don't want anyone else
          Am                G
so you'll go down with this sinking ship
C                 Dm
and let the ocean fill your lungs

             Am
she said the water's fine
          G                  C
won't you breathe it in with me
                Am
that weight you feel
        (G)        Am
it will leave with me
              G
if you let it go
              C
if you let me go
       Am       (G)
no one will remember (repeat)

       C           Em               Am
it was January and you were filling chambers
           G              C
in case it took more then one
                      Em
but you know it never does
                       Am
it only ever takes one shot
        C    (G)    Am
and you took it

Am G C Dm
       Am             G
in the dead of winter you were melting
C                  Dm
while the rainfall turned to snow
    Am                G
and you were teaching us a lesson
C                Dm
about how easily we could let go

             Am
she said the water's fine
          G                  C
won't you breathe it in with me
                Am
that weight you feel
        (G)        Am
it will leave with me
              G
if you let it go
              C
if you let me go
       Am       (G)
no one will remember (repeat)

Am Am Am Am G G-Em Em C C C C Am Am G G
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