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Dashboard Confessional - Water And Bridges
Capo 2
There's Gthings I D/F#know I 
Emshould have mentioned Dsooner
But I Cdidn't Dknow how
I'm Gsorry I D/F#lost you
I Emnever thought that Dthis 
could come beCtween us
I Dknow its Gwater anD/F#d bridges now
But Emwhat's the sense 
in Dcarrying Caround
This Dweight These Cwords 
are Dtearing me apart
 G-  Bm-  C-  Em-  C- G  
Chorus 1:
  GAnd that's enough for 
the back to break
  BmThat's an awful Clot to take
But EmI've been paying Cfor 
it since I Gdrove my girl away
  GAnd that's the sign 
of a solemn man
  BmI'll make the best of 
the Cbest I can
And EmI'll be better Cfor it 
if I Gever get my chance
 G-  D/F#-  Em-  D-  C- D  
Verse 3:
That Gface I D/F#know Emexactly 
what you're Dthinking
But I'm Ccertain this 
Dtime is Gdifferent
And D/F#that's why I Emcan't pretend
that Deverything is Cmended
I Dknow I've Gtried to 
for D/F#too long now
But Emwhat's the sense 
in Dcarrying Caround
This Dweight 
These Cwords are 
Dtearing us apart
(Repeat Chorus 1)
Bridge:
  EmOh Dsave Gme from Ca gray life
  EmOh Dsave Gme from Ca gray life
  EmI've Dpaid the Gprice 
with my CsouEml Oh DsavCe me
 G-  Em-  D-  C-  Bm-  C- D  
Chorus 2:
  GAnd that's enough for 
the back to break
  BmThat's an awful Clot to take
But EmI've been paying Cfor 
it since I Gdrove my girl away
  EmAnd that's the sign 
of a solemn man
  BmI'll make the best of 
the Cbest I can
And EmI'll be better Cfor it 
if I Gever get my chance
If I ever get my chance
If I ever get my chance
If I ever get my chance

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Water And Bridges

by Dashboard Confessional

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

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D/F#

Dashboard Confessional - Water And Bridges

Capo 2

G D/F#

There's things I know I

Em D

should have mentioned sooner

C D

But I didn't know how

G D/F#

I'm sorry I lost you

Em D

I never thought that this

could come between us

D G D/F#

I know its water and bridges now

But what's the sense

D C

in carrying around

D C

This weight These words

are tearing me apart

G Bm C Em C G

- - - - -

Chorus 1:

And that's enough for

the back to break

Bm C

That's an awful lot to take

Em C

But I've been paying for

it since I drove my girl away

And that's the sign

of a solemn man

I'll make the best of

the best I can

Em C

And I'll be better for it

if I ever get my chance

G D/F# Em D C D

- - - - -

Verse 3:

G D/F# Em

That face I know exactly

what you're thinking

But I'm certain this

D G

time is different

D/F# Em

And that's why I can't pretend

D C

that everything is mended

D G

I know I've tried to

D/F#

for too long now

But what's the sense

D C

in carrying around

This weight

These words are

tearing us apart

(Repeat Chorus 1)

Bridge:

Em D G C

Oh save me from a gray life

Em D G C

Oh save me from a gray life

Em D G

I've paid the price

C Em D C

with my soul Oh save me

G Em D C Bm C D

- - - - - -

Chorus 2:

And that's enough for

the back to break

Bm C

That's an awful lot to take

Em C

But I've been paying for

it since I drove my girl away

And that's the sign

of a solemn man

I'll make the best of

the best I can

Em C

And I'll be better for it

if I ever get my chance

If I ever get my chance

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