Key: A5 , D5
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Intro: D- - F#m-- x4
Verse 1:
D5 F#5
In this room I'm
A5 D5 E5
sitting by your side
F#5 A5
It rains for hours and
D5 F#5
the phone is off its hook
A5 D5
Standing on the edge casting
F#5 A5
lots to set me up before
D5 F#5
you knock me down
off the summer's edge
D5 F#5
and drown me We're
D5 F#5
betting on our own lives
D5 F#5
making up for all the time we lost
Chorus 1: Beat swtiched from standard 4/4 to 3/4
B5 F#5 A5
In this house of cards we're
G5 D5
all holding hearts and spades
G5
(one breath one step
D5 B5
could knock it all down)
F#5
but you lead with your
A5 G5
eyes and you give it away
D5 G5
(decide, design to
D5 B5
cut from the clouds)
F#5 A5
When the people you love
G5
get lost in the shuffle
D5 G5
(when you leave you leave
D5 B5 F#5
nothing but broken heart)
A D-- x2
you let it go and then you fold
Verse 2: Beat swithed back from 3/4 to 4/4
F#5 A5 D5
So we stay on the open road
F#5 A5
We drive for hours and still
D5 E5 F#5
no end in sight at all
A5 D5
Driving in your car miss the
F#5
stop sign fall in love
E5 D5 F#5
just to get knocked out
summer's edge
D5 F#5
and drown me We're
D5 F#5
betting on our own lives
D5 F#5
making up for all the time we lost
Chorus 2: Beat swtiched from standard 4/4 to 3/4
B5 F#5 A5
In this house of cards we're
G5 D5
all holding hearts and spades
G5
(one breath one step
D5 B5
could knock it all down)
F#5
but you lead with your
A5 G5
eyes and you give it away
D5 G5
(decide, design to
D5 B5
cut from the clouds)
F#5 A5
When the people you love
G5
get lost in the shuffle
D5 G5
(when you leave you leave
D5 B5 A5 D(hold) x2
nothing but broken heart)
Outro:
G5
Pull your punches and
F#5 D-- x8
burn with your cigarettes
G5
Pulled like a punch and
F#5 D-- x8
burnt like a cigarette?
G5 F#5 D-- x2
forever