Intro
C, Am, G, F, C
Verse
C Am G F C Am G F
I really really want you to be the one. I still think of you when the day is done
C Am G F C Am G F C
That night we were behind my house. He turned his head and said I love you
C Am G F C Am G F
I’d never let you take my heart for yourself and waste it on someone else
C Am G F C Am G F
And I always want to call you back to be a fool and talk to me about the old and new.
Chorus
F G C Am G
When you are away I am awake. You’re gone
F G C Am G
The trees above my head speak letters of the dead.
Verse
C Am G F C Am G F
Every day seems like ten, when will this end, am I mistaken
C Am G F C Am G F
The scraping of my pen seems to loosen my head, will I be shaken
Chorus
F G C Am G
when you are away I am awake. You’re gone
F G C Am G
The trees above my head speak letters of the dead.
Verse
C Am G F C Am G F
I'd never let you be alone, id be with you till the end
C Am G F C Am G F
And after the storm has passed , been though it all, we're still friends
C Am G F C Am G F
I could ask for nothing more, together we would read on the dance floor
C Am G F C Am G F
Hanging ivy, poison tree, washing all over me
C Am G F C Am G F
Radio, it's turned up loud I can sense something in the crowd
Outro
C,Am,G,F,C,Am,G,F
F,G,C,Am,G
C,Am,G,F,C