Intro: Am C F F Am C F There's an echo pulling out the meaning Am C F Rescuing a nightmare from a dream Am C F The voices in my head are always screaming Am C F That none of this means anything to me Am And it's a long way back from seventeen C The whispers turn into a scream F And I'm not coming home C Save your breathe, I'm nearly G Am Bored to death and fading fast F Life is too short to last long C Back on earth I'm broken G Am Lost and cold and fading fast F Life is too short to last long Am C F There's a stranger staring at the ceiling Am C F Rescuing a tiger from a tree Am C F The pictures in her head are always dreaming Am C F Each of them means everything to me Am And it's a long way back from seventeen C The whispers turn into a scream F And I'm not coming home C Save your breathe, I'm nearly G Am Bored to death and fading fast F Life is too short to last long C Back on earth I'm broken G Am Lost and cold and fading fast F Life is too short to last long C C F G Ooh Oh Ooh Oh Ooh Oh Ooh Oh (2x) C F I think I met her at the minute that the rhythm was set down G C I said I'm sorry I'm a bit of a let down C F But all my friends are daring me to come over G C So I come over and over and over C F So let me buy you a drink and we'll pretend that you think G C That I'm the man of your dreams come to life in a dive bar C F And we'll go over and over and over G C And we'll go over and over and over... C F And we'll go over and over and over... G (C) And we'll go over and over and over... Save your breathe, I'm nearly (G) Am Bored to death and fading fast F Life is too short to last long C Back on earth I'm broken G Am Lost and cold and fading fast F Life is too short to last long C C F G Ooh Oh Ooh Oh Ooh Oh Ooh Oh (3x) C C F G Ooh Oh Ooh Oh Life is too short to last long C C F G Ooh Oh Ooh Oh Ooh Oh Ooh Oh (2x) C Ooh Oh