Intro: C Em G C (2x)
Verse 1:
C Em
This town was a lovers stage
G C
but now you can't recognise
C Em G
the streetlights that are daggers to your eyes
F Am
You can't find your bearings
F C
you're slipping into the ground
F Am Em G
The scene has no colour and no sound.
Verse 2:
C Em
You still believe in me
G C
after the things I've done
C Em G
You fear for what we have become
F Am
The ground is uneven
F C
you stumble from day to day
F Am
You tread where its easy
Em
although your feet are like lead
G F
and you gotta get underway
F C Em Am
Drag your heart up to the starting line
F C G
Forget the ghosts that make you old before your time
F C Em Am
Its too easy to get left behind
Dm
I know you've been kicked around
F C Em G C
but tie up your thoughts and lay them down on me.
Verse 3:
C Em G Am
Each heart is a paper kite blown around by the breeze
C Em G
Love wont rest till it brings you to your knees
F Am F C
Some find it easy, some will never even know
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F Am
You think youve done your journey,
Em G
then you stumble and find that theres such a long way to go
(F) C Em Am
Drag your heart up to the starting line
F C G
Forget the ghosts that make you old before your time
F C Em Am
Its too easy to get left behind
Dm
I know you've been kicked around
F
You wanna be lost but now your found
Bb
lets take the back way into town
F
Drink to the bad times
C Em G C
Lay them down on me
C Em G C
Verse 4:
C Em
Girl, I still believe in you
G C
your too good to fall so low
C Em G
we're gonna find a better life I know
F Am
Things will be clearer
F C
as soon as we make a start
F Am
we'll be that much nearer
Em G F
we're too old to just stand here waiting to break apart
(F) C Em Am
Drag your heart up to the starting line
F C G
Forget the ghosts that make you old before your time
F C Em Am
Its too easy to get left behind
Dm
I know you've been kicked around
F C Em G C
but tie up your thoughts and lay them down on me. On me...
C Em G C
On me...
