Intro: D F#m Bm G Verso 1: D Paper Mache houses F#m Build them up with nothing else Bm Tell me what the sound is G Telephone keeps ringing out D Heard them in the next room F#m I don't know whose side was wrong Bm Really hope it stops soon G Or someone turn the TV on D Talking to your best friend F#m Never knew your middle name Bm Stay until the show ends G Or at least until the latest train D Held the bottle like a baby F#m Protect it 'til we get back home Bm Drink up on the rooftops G And wonder where the city's gone G Wake up, wake up, wake up Bm Why don't you take a little time to breathe it in? G Don't try to tame the sun Bm But you could try to feel it on your skin G Bm I could've let the whole world just hold me back G Bm I'm steady making choices from the life I had A Can we just talk about it? A I know that we could work this out Instrumental D F#m Bm G Verso 2: D Talk around in circles F#m Speak until we both get tired Bm Look up at the streetlights G And wonder how the wold's wired D Pressure makes me sleepy F#m Avoid the stuff at every cost Bm Wind up at the same spot G And relish in the time we lost G Wake up, wake up, wake up Bm Why don't don't you take a little time to breathe it in? G Don't try to tame the sun Bm But you could try to feel it on your skin G Bm I could've let the whole world just hold me back G Bm I'm steady making choices from the life I had A Can we just talk about it? A Em I know that we could work this out Lead Break Em Bm Em Bm Em Bm Em A G Wake up, wake up, wake up Bm Why don't don't you take a little time to breathe it in? G Don't try to tame the sun Bm But you could try to feel it on your skin G Bm I could've let the whole world just hold me back G Bm I'm steady making choices from the life I had A Can we just talk about it? A I know that we could work this out Instrumental D F#m Bm G Verso 3: D In paper Mache houses F#m Build them up with nothing else Bm Tell me what the sound is G Telephone keeps ringing out