Intro: C Bb Am F (x2)
verse 1
C
I saw it all, happened on the golden sheets
C
In the morning, you were asleep
C
Hazy in your golden days
verse 2
C Bb
There was a child
C Bb
Moving on her mother's breast
C Bb
Breathing only dust in the light
C
But you know it's awfully hard to dream
C Bb Am F (x2)
verse 3
C
I was a knight in my mother's arms
C Bb Am F
Black as mourning wearing the lights
C
Glowing so my sister could see
verse 4
C Bb Am
I felt it all
C Bb Am
But you know it's awfully hard to talk about it
C Bb Am F
Try to recall
C Bb Am F
The girls when I was seventeen A dream
C Bb
Know this can't be right
Am
But it's awfully hard to fight
C Bb
When it's going quickly and it's like
Am F
We're half asleep
C Bb
There's no rosy almost days behind
Am
These painted lady eyes
C Bb
Let it go and all that they imply
Am F
Get over me
Verse 5
C G F Dm
I was afraid
C G F
When I left my home
C Bb Am F
And my mother sadness, my friend
C Bb Am F
She used to play for me and sing
C G F Dm (x4)
C Bb
Know this can't be right
Am
But it's awfully hard to fight
C Bb
When it's going quickly and it's like
Am F
We're half asleep
C Bb
There's no rosy almost days behind
Am
These painted lady eyes
C Bb
Let it go and all that they imply
Am F
Get over me
Outro
C Bb
It's hard to talk about
Am
When inside you're freaking out
C Bb
When it's going quickly and you doubt
Am F
You're anything
C Bb
But it's what we have instead of God
Am
What we have instead of God
C Bb
What we have instead of God
Am F
We're anything
C Bb
But it's what we have instead of God
Am
What we have instead of God
C Bb
What we have instead of God
Am F
We're anything
C Bb
What we have instead of God
Am
Like the moment after love
C Bb
When we know we finally kill the buzz
Am F
So we can sleep
C Bb
And we can finally let it lie
Am
While the days keep passing by
C Bb
Carried on the little deaths we die
Am F
Then we can sleep