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8. A World Outside
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*No Capo*
Tuning: E A D G B EStandard
G#m G#m E F#
A#/B B
G#mThis isn't hide and seek
I left, you followed mEe
I need some time to thinEk
And you knF#ow it
G#mI'm feeling trapped inside
But too afraid to crEy
I'm living my own lEie
And you knoF#w it
G#mWell I've been keeping up appearances,
But this smile's wearing thiEn
Let me out, let me oF#ut
I think I might drG#mown
I'm suffocating siG#mlently in frA#/Bont of thBe crowEd
Let me out, let me oF#ut
I can't make a soG#mund
I hate to say it but I thD#ink it's over
G#m G#m
G#mI struggle to hold on
But I'm trying to be strEong
Hiding more then I let oF#n
G#mI'm searching for a dream
A reason to belEieve
But I'm sinking undernEeath
And you knoF#w it
G#mI've been keeping up appearances
But this smile's wearing thiEn
Let me out, let me oF#ut
I think I might drG#mown
I'm suffocating siG#mlently in frA#/Bont of thBe crowEd
Let me out, let me oF#ut
I can't make a soG#mund
I hate to say it but I thD#ink it's over
G#m G#m
ELet me out, let me oF#ut
I think I might drG#mown G#m
ELet me out, let me oF#ut, let me oG#mut,
Let me out, let me oG#mut, this smile's wearing thin
ELet me out, let me oF#ut
I think I might drG#mown
I'm suffocating siG#mlently in frA#/Bont of thBe crowEd
Let me out, let me oF#ut
I can't make a soG#mund
I hate to say it but I thD#ink it's over
E F#
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*No Capo*
Tuning: E A D G B EStandard
Fm C# G# D#
FmThere we were, dancing in the dark
Put your hands wrapped around my hC#eartD#
FmWe were kids, shamelessly in love
In the days when love was still enC#oughD#
Well tC#ake me back to when you said goodbye
So that I could change your mD#ind
DaFmrling don't go
Don't lC#eave me alone
Come on and saG#y we're together, saD#y we're together
IFmt's a mistake
Don't lC#eave me this way
Come on and staG#y here forever, staD#y here forever
Fm
FmSneaking out to meet you in the street
Running fast against the summer hC#eatD#
FmI never thought that those days would ever end
But here we are, you wanna be just frC#iendsD#
Well tC#ake me back to when you said goodbye
So that I could change your mD#ind
DaFmrling don't go
Don't lC#eave me alone
Come on and saG#y we're together, saD#y we're together
IFmt's a mistake
Don't lC#eave me this way
Come on and staG#y here forever, staD#y here forever
Fm Fm C# C# D#
FmTake me back to when you said goodbye, so that I could change your mind
C#Take me back to when you said goodbye, goodbC#ye
DaFmrling don't go
Don't lD#eave me alone
Come on and saC#y we're together, saD#y we're together
IFmt's a mistake
Don't lC#eave me this way
Come on and staG#y here forever, staD#y here forever
Fm C#
StaG#y here forever, staD#y here forever
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*No Capo*
Tuning: E A D G B EStandard
LD#mately I've been feeling
Like a bA#/Bird without its wings
Tell me hoBw can one still fly without the oC#ther
MD#my heart is missing a big part
That oA#/Bnly you can see
I try so haBrd to patch the hole with
Friends and loC#vers
A#mAnd I know you can sD#mave me
If I could leaBrn to let go
I just gC#otta let go
D#mI could ask you my quBestions
But I know the anF#swers
I know what's miC#ssing from this lD#mife
I could search for the meaBning
But I know what's waF#iting
I know I neeC#d you in this lD#mife
There wD#mas a time when I could hear you caA#/Blling out to me
There's sBo much noise that its gotten in the waC#y
I knoD#mw that I could be the girl
You waA#/Bnted me to be
I just praBy you still recognize my fC#ace
A#mI know you could sD#mave me
If I could leaBrn to let go
Learn to let gC#o
D#mI could ask you my quBestions
But I know the anF#swers
I know what's miC#ssing from this lD#mife
I could search for the meaBning
But I know what's waF#iting
I know I neeC#d you in this lBife
You were the one besC#ide my fD#meet
You were the wind upA#/Bon my cheBek
I'm letting gC#o of everythD#ming
Cause now I belBieve
You were the one besC#ide my fD#meet
You were the wind upA#/Bon my cheBek
Each breath is a gift you've given mC#e
And now I belD#mieve
If I could leaBrn to let go
I just gC#otta let go
D#mI could ask you my quBestions
But I know the anF#swers
I know what's miC#ssing from this lD#mife
I could search for the meaBning
But I know what's waF#iting
I know I neeC#d you in this lD#mife
NBeed you in this lF#ifeC#
In this lD#mife
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*No Capo*
Tuning: E A D G B EStandard
SGmo here we aBbre again,
And you've thiCmnkin that you've woGmn
And GmI still can't rBbecognize
the peCmrson that you've becoGmme
Will you lGmook and see what you've doEbne to me?
I've been crFying on my flooGmr
Can you heaGmr me now as I'm waEblking out?
I won't tFake this, take this anymDore
I didn't mean to leGmt you down,Eb
I didn't mean to caBbll you out, D
I didn't mean to sprGmead your little sEbecrets all arDound,
I didn't mean to waGmlk away Eb
when you were lying tBbo my face,D
I didn't mean to tuGmrn right back and puEbt
you in your plDace
Or, maybe I diGmd
OGmh, so you're an aBbctor now?
Like guess our stoCmry was just preteGmnd
And GmI, bet your aBbrrogance,
It geCmts you in the eGmnd
Did you thGmink that I wouldn't rEbealize?
You plaFyed me for a fooGml
How do yGmou feel now?
EveryEbone found out and wFe all
know the trDuth, about you
I didn't mean to leGmt you down,Eb
I didn't mean to caBbll you out, D
I didn't mean to sprGmead your little sEbecrets all arDound,
I didn't mean to waGmlk away Eb
when you were lying tBbo my face,D
I didn't mean to tuGmrn right back and puEbt
you in your plDace
Or, maybe I diGmd
Eb Bb D
Gm Eb D
You should've seeEbn your face when I walked out,
I let the woGmrds fall out of my mouth,
It would've feEblt so good to pull the curtain dDown,
No one believes you noGmw
Bb Cm
I didn't mean to leGmt you doBbwn, nCmo
I didn't mean to leGmt you down,Eb
I didn't mean to caBbll you out, D
I didn't mean to sprGmead your little sEbecrets all arDound,
I didn't mean to waGmlk away Eb
when you were lying tBbo my face,D
I didn't mean to tuGmrn right back and puEbt
you in your plDace
Or, maybe I diGmdEb Bb
MaDybe I did, GmyeahEb D
Oh, maybe I dGmid
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*No Capo*
Tuning: E A D G B EStandard
Fm C# G# G# D#
Fm C# G# G#
FmHold back the tears, I've been here tC#oo long
I'm just wasting tFmime, so it's tC#ime to move oD#n
And you can't denFmy, I've put off my drC#eams
Throw that calendaFmr out, there's more oC#ut there for mD#e
So I'm gG#one, out the door
Needed yD#ou, but not anymore
Sure it's trFmue, I might faD#il
But not the sC#ame way as if I stayed hD#ere
This is goodbFmye
Please bite your toFmngue, cause there's nothing to saC#y
I've been cursing the clFmock, so I'm lC#eaving todaD#y
I've never been scFmared, of taking the chC#ance
That you never dFmid, and you never wG#ill,
So how could you eC#ver understD#and?
So I'm gG#one, out the door
Needed yD#ou, but not anymore
Sure it's trFmue, I might faD#il
But not the sC#ame way as if I stayed hD#ere
This is goodbFmye
Fm
FmThis is my chance to mC#ake it,D#
FmThis is my life,
I wont wC#aste it hD#ere
So I'm gG#one, out the door
Needed yD#ou, but not anymore
Sure it's trFmue, I might faD#il
But not the sC#ame way as if I stayed hD#ere
Now I'm gG#one, out the door
Needed yD#ou, but not anymore
Sure it's trFmue, I might faD#il
But not the sC#ame way as if I stayed hD#ere
This is goodbFmyeC#
This is goG#odbyD#e
This is goodbFmyeC#
This is goG#odbye
NG#ow I'G/G#m
gFmone
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*No Capo*
Tuning: E A D G B EStandard
C#m C#m A F#m G#
C#mYou don’t know our names
So call us what you waAnt
But we won’t leave this plF#mace
Until we’ve lG#eft our maC#mrk
Try to stomp us oAut
The walls that you’ve built F#mup
We’re gonna buG#rn them down
TC#make or leave it, we’re not gonna chanAge
This is what, this is whBat we are
Forget what you’ve been tC#mold
Little do they knoF#mw
We’re just geG#tting starteAd
This is what, this is whBat we are
Not fooling anyC#mone
Take a look at what we’ve dF#mone
We’re just geG#tting starteC#md
C#mI can feel their eyes
Trying to dim our lAight
The harder that they trF#my
The brighter wG#e will shiC#mne
You can’t hold us doAwn
Cause we have learned to flF#my
With our fG#eet on the ground
TC#make or leave it, we’re not gonna chanAge
This is what, this is whBat we are
Forget what you’ve been tC#mold
Little do they knoF#mw
We’re just geG#tting starteAd
This is what, this is whBat we are
Not fooling anyC#mone
Take a look at what we’ve dF#mone
We’re just geG#tting started
AWe’re just getting started
BWe’re just geCdimtting startC#med
A E E
StartC#medA E B
C#mTimes up we’Ave been hidden for too lEong
Gotta scream, gotta scrEeam it from our lunC#mgs
Times up we’ve been hAidden for too lEongB
AThis is what we are, this is what we are
AThis is what, this is whBat we are
Forget what you’ve been tC#mold
Little do they knoF#mw
We’re just geG#tting starteAd
This is what, this is whBat we are
Not fooling anyC#mone
Take a look at what we’ve dF#mone
We’re just geG#tting started
AWe’re just getting started
BWe’re just geCdimtting startC#med
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*No Capo*
Tuning: E A D G B EStandard
G#mEach day BI see it
EThe memorF#y of me leaving
G#mI still don't Beven know the reason whF#y
G#mEarly Bone morning
EI left a noF#te with no warning
G#mToo scared to Beven really say goodbF#ye
Oh EI wish you could hF#ear the truth
That I'd be lG#mying if I sEaid
BThat I don't need yF#ou
And I'd be lG#mying if I sEaid
BI'm better off F#alone
And I've been trG#mying to forgEet
BThe day I let yF#ou gG#mo
EI'd be lF#ying
But I guess you'll never knoG#mw
G#mYou were Bwhat I needed
EBut I was too blF#ind to see it
G#mI know that you neBver would have let me fF#all
G#mAnd now Bit's too late
EYou've gone awaF#y without a traG#mce
It's like you were neBver even here at aF#ll
(PRE-CHORUS)
Oh EI wish you could hF#ear the truth
(CHORUS)
That I'd be lG#mying if I sEaid
BThat I don't need yF#ou
And I'd be lG#mying if I sEaid
BI'm better off F#alone
And I've been trG#mying to forgEet
BThe day I let yF#ou gG#mo
EI'd be lF#ying
(BRIDGE)
Because I'm a wrEeck when you are gone
I knoG#mw now that F#I was wrong
I nEeed you, I need to find you
G#mCome bacD#k, come back, come back to me
I'm a wrEeck when you are gone
I knoG#mw now that F#I was wrong
I nEeed you, I need to find you
F#Come back, come back, come back to me
(BUILD-UP)
And I'd be lG#mying if I saEid, BoF#hh
I'd be lG#mying if I saEid
F#Come back, come back, come back to me
(CHORUS)
I'd be lG#mying if I sEaid
BThat I don't need yF#ou
And I'd be lG#mying if I sEaid
BI'm better off F#alone
And I've been trG#mying to forgEet
BThe day I let yF#ou gEo
I'd be lF#ying
But I guess you'll never knoG#mwE B
I gF#uess you'll never knoG#mwE
KnoG#mw
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8. A World Outside
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*No Capo*
Tuning: E A D G B EStandard
(VERSE)
I can sD#mee your loosing hope
your smD#miles not the sBame
don't try to denC#y it
I can heaD#mr it when you speak
your voD#mice gives you awaBy
so why try to hC#ide it?
and i knoD#mw you feel broken
but D#mI will never leave you alBone
Keep believing, keep on brC#eathin'
(CHORUS)
Just dD#mon't, give up,
thBere's so much that you should be seF#eing
you wouldn't belC#ieve it
I know you've hD#mad, enough,
but thBere's a world outside that's been waF#iting
life's what you mC#ake it
so don't throw it away
(VERSE)
I know it's hD#mard to get back up
when the woD#mrld has turned on yoBu
you can't find a reC#ason
just reach oD#mut and take my hand
I sweaD#mr we'll make it throBugh
keep believing, keep on brC#eathin'
(CHORUS)
Just dD#mon't, give up,
thBere's so much that you should be seF#eing
you wouldn't belC#ieve it
I know you've hD#mad, enough,
but thBere's a world outside that's been waF#iting
life's what you mC#ake it
so don't throw it awaByC#
don't throw it awaByC#
(BRIDGE)
Bkeep believing, keep on brC#eathin'
don't throw it awaBy
keep believing, keep on brC#eathin'
(BUILD-UP)
just dD#mon't, give up,
thBere's so much that you should be seF#eing
you wouldn't belC#ieve it
(don't throw it away)
(CHORUS)
Just dD#mon't, give up,
thBere's so much that you should be seF#eing
you wouldn't belC#ieve it
I know you've hD#mad, enough,
but thBere's a world outside that's been waF#iting
life's what you mC#ake it
so don't throw it awaD#myB
don't throC#w it awaD#my
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9. The Only One
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*No Capo*
Tuning: E A D G B EStandard
(INTRO)
Cm Ab
(VERSE)
BbI was alCmone when you came running
I was a strCmanger in the dark
You found the lAbight in me
And you lit up my heaAbrt
TheBbre was a tCmime when I was broken
There was a pCmiece of me with you
You put me bAback together
And now I'm braAbnd newBb
(PRE-CHORUS)
AbWell I've been trying to find the words to saBby
That I'll be lost withAbout you
Yeah I'll be lost withBbout you
(CHORUS)
Coz you're the oEbnly one that gets me
And you're the oBbnly one that keeps me safe
When I'm faCmr from sleep and lonely
You're the oAbnly one that holds me
When I'm oEbut there chasing my dreams
And I've gBbot you by my side
I can puCmt this world behind me
Coz you're the oAbnly one that I need tonCmight
(VERSE)
If I forgCmet to say I love you
If I get loAbst along the way
You'll be the oCmne guiding me back everydaAby
I know the rCmoad hasn't been easy
I know our faitAbh will pull us through
The promise we mCmade through thick and thin still holds thrAbough
(PRE-CHORUS)
AbWell I've been trying to find the words to saBby
(CHORUS)
Coz you're the oEbnly one that gets me
And you're the oBbnly one that keeps me safe
When I'm faCmr from sleep and lonely
You're the oAbnly one that holds me
When I'm oEbut there chasing my dreams
And I've gBbot you by my side
I can puCmt this world behind me
Coz you're the oAbnly one that I need tonCmight
(POST-CHORUS)
Bb Cm
And I'll be loBbst withAbout you
Yeah I'll be lost withBbout you
(BRIDGE)
CmIt doesn't matter how far away wBbe gCmo
In your arms is a place that BbI call hAbome
The place I call hBbome
(CHORUS)
Coz you're the oEbnly one that gets me
And you're the oBbnly one that keeps me safe
When I'm faCmr from sleep and lonely
You're the oAbnly one that holds me
When I'm oEbut there chasing my dreams
And I've gBbot you by my side
I can puCmt this world behind me
Coz you're the oAbnly one, the only one
The oEbnly one that gets me
And you're the oBbnly one that keeps me safe
When I'm faCmr from sleep and lonely
You're the oAbnly one that holds me
When I'm oEbut there chasing my dreams
And I've gBbot you by my side
I can puCmt this world behind me
Coz you're the oAbnly one that I need tonCmight
(OUTRO)
I'd be lost withCmout you
Yeah I'd be lost withCmout you
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10. I'm Alive
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*No Capo*
Tuning: E A D G B EStandard
(VERSE)
TeC#mll me what you really wanna say
TC#make that mask off, let me see your face
NAow it's time to end this charBade
It's not reaC#ml
it's not real
C#mI can see right through your lifeless eyes
When eC#mvery word was just another lie
So coAmfortable in your new disguF#mise
you're not reaC#ml
you're not rC#meal
(CHORUS)
I'm alC#mive, look inside
There's a heaArt that is beating
Tell me whEat that means to yBouG#m
I am rC#meal, I can feel
Every woArd that cuts through me
Must I blEeed to prove to yBou
ThG#mat I'm alC#mive
(VERSE)
FeeC#mls like I've been living with a ghost
YC#mou weren't there when you were needed most
And aAll your promises were holloF#mw
Just like yoC#mu
Just like yoC#mu
(CHORUS)
I'm alC#mive, look inside
There's a heaArt that is beating
Tell me whEat that means to yBouG#m
I am rC#meal, I can feel
Every woArd that cuts through me
Must I blEeed to prove to yBou
ThG#mat I'm alC#mive
(INTERLUDE)
C#m C#m C#m C#m
(BRIDGE)
FAeel my heaF#mrt
(I'm alive)
FC#meel my heaBrtG#m
(CHORUS)
I'm alC#mive, look inside
There's a heaArt that is beating
Tell me whEat that means to yBouG#m
I am rC#meal, I can feel
Every woArd that cuts through me
Must I blEeed to prove to yBou
ThG#mat I'm alC#mive
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11. What Happens Next
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*No Capo*
Tuning: E A D G B EStandard
(VERSE)
This is ouEbr time now, take a lBbook around
EverythCming is about to chaAbnge
We've said ouEbr goodbyes
It's time to rBbealize that
NotCmhing gold eBbver staAbys
(PRE-CHORUS)
AbWe've set our sails for sEbo much mBbore
Won't let our dreams get washed ashAbore
This is what we've wEbaited fBbor
(CHORUS)
So tell me whEbat happens next
I've been dBbying to see
Will we fCminally move on
Oh it's sAbo bittersweet
And all the daEbys that we've shared
I will neBbver forget
But it's tCmime to find oBbut noAbw
WhBbat happens neAbxtEb Bb
(VERSE)
Waves of mEbemories crashing Bbat my feet
I wouldn't trCmade them for anythinAbg
But the rEboad ahead is a pBbage unread
And there's nCmo place I'd rBbather bAbe
(CHORUS)
So tell me whEbat happens next
I've been dBbying to see
Will we fCminally move on
Oh it's sAbo bittersweet
And all the daEbys that we've shared
I will neBbver forget
But it's tCmime to find oBbut noAbw
WhBbat happens neAbxt
YBbeah
(INTERLUDE)
Eb Bb Cm Ab
Eb Bb Cm Ab
(BUILD-UP)
This is ouEbr time now, take a lBbook around
EverythCming is about to chaAbnge
We've said ouEbr goodbyes
It's time to rBbealize that
Things will neCmver bBbe the sAbame
(CHORUS)
So tell me whEbat happens next
I've been dBbying to see
Will we fCminally move on
Oh it's sAbo bittersweet
And all the daEbys that we've shared
I will neBbver forget
But it's tCmime to find oBbut noAbw
WhBbat happens neEbxt
(OUTRO)
We've set our sails for so much mBbore
Won't let our dreams get washed ashCmore
This is what we've wBbaited fAbor
What we've waited fEbor
We've set our sails for so much mBbore
Won't let our dreams get washed ashCmore
This is whBbat we've waiteAbd for
What we've wBbaited fAbor
Bb_____Eb_____________________
Hope you enjoyed this one!
Stay KingerZ
-Matt
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8. A World Outside
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*No Capo*
E A D G B E
Tuning: Standard
G#m G#m E F#
A#/B B
G#m
This isn't hide and seek
E
I left, you followed me
E
I need some time to think
F#
And you know it
G#m
I'm feeling trapped inside
E
But too afraid to cry
E
I'm living my own lie
F#
And you know it
G#m
Well I've been keeping up appearances,
E
But this smile's wearing thin
F#
Let me out, let me out
G#m
I think I might drown
G#m A#/B B E
I'm suffocating silently in front of the crowd
F#
Let me out, let me out
G#m
I can't make a sound
D#
I hate to say it but I think it's over
G#m G#m
G#m
I struggle to hold on
E
But I'm trying to be strong
F#
Hiding more then I let on
G#m
I'm searching for a dream
E
A reason to believe
E
But I'm sinking underneath
F#
And you know it
G#m
I've been keeping up appearances
E
But this smile's wearing thin
F#
Let me out, let me out
G#m
I think I might drown
G#m A#/B B E
I'm suffocating silently in front of the crowd
F#
Let me out, let me out
G#m
I can't make a sound
D#
I hate to say it but I think it's over
G#m G#m
E F#
Let me out, let me out
G#m G#m
I think I might drown
E F# G#m
Let me out, let me out, let me out,
G#m
Let me out, let me out, this smile's wearing thin
E F#
Let me out, let me out
G#m
I think I might drown
G#m A#/B B E
I'm suffocating silently in front of the crowd
F#
Let me out, let me out
G#m
I can't make a sound
D#
I hate to say it but I think it's over
E F#
G#m
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*No Capo*
E A D G B E
Tuning: Standard
Fm C# G# D#
Fm
There we were, dancing in the dark
C# D#
Put your hands wrapped around my heart
Fm
We were kids, shamelessly in love
C# D#
In the days when love was still enough
C#
Well take me back to when you said goodbye
D#
So that I could change your mind
Fm
Darling don't go
C#
Don't leave me alone
G# D#
Come on and say we're together, say we're together
Fm
It's a mistake
C#
Don't leave me this way
G# D#
Come on and stay here forever, stay here forever
Fm
Fm
Sneaking out to meet you in the street
C# D#
Running fast against the summer heat
Fm
I never thought that those days would ever end
C# D#
But here we are, you wanna be just friends
C#
Well take me back to when you said goodbye
D#
So that I could change your mind
Fm
Darling don't go
C#
Don't leave me alone
G# D#
Come on and say we're together, say we're together
Fm
It's a mistake
C#
Don't leave me this way
G# D#
Come on and stay here forever, stay here forever
Fm Fm C# C# D#
Fm
Take me back to when you said goodbye, so that I could change your mind
C# C#
Take me back to when you said goodbye, goodbye
Fm
Darling don't go
D#
Don't leave me alone
C# D#
Come on and say we're together, say we're together
Fm
It's a mistake
C#
Don't leave me this way
G# D#
Come on and stay here forever, stay here forever
Fm C#
G# D#
Stay here forever, stay here forever
Fm C#
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*No Capo*
E A D G B E
Tuning: Standard
D#m
Lately I've been feeling
A#/B
Like a bird without its wings
B C#
Tell me how can one still fly without the other
D#m
My heart is missing a big part
A#/B
That only you can see
B
I try so hard to patch the hole with
C#
Friends and lovers
A#m D#m
And I know you can save me
B
If I could learn to let go
C#
I just gotta let go
D#m B
I could ask you my questions
F#
But I know the answers
C# D#m
I know what's missing from this life
B
I could search for the meaning
F#
But I know what's waiting
C# D#m
I know I need you in this life
D#m A#/B
There was a time when I could hear you calling out to me
B C#
There's so much noise that its gotten in the way
D#m
I know that I could be the girl
A#/B
You wanted me to be
B C#
I just pray you still recognize my face
A#m D#m
I know you could save me
B
If I could learn to let go
C#
Learn to let go
D#m B
I could ask you my questions
F#
But I know the answers
C# D#m
I know what's missing from this life
B
I could search for the meaning
F#
But I know what's waiting
C# B
I know I need you in this life
C# D#m
You were the one beside my feet
A#/B B
You were the wind upon my cheek
C# D#m
I'm letting go of everything
B
Cause now I believe
C# D#m
You were the one beside my feet
A#/B B
You were the wind upon my cheek
C#
Each breath is a gift you've given me
D#m
And now I believe
B
If I could learn to let go
C#
I just gotta let go
D#m B
I could ask you my questions
F#
But I know the answers
C# D#m
I know what's missing from this life
B
I could search for the meaning
F#
But I know what's waiting
C# D#m
I know I need you in this life
B F# C#
Need you in this life
D#m
In this life
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*No Capo*
E A D G B E
Tuning: Standard
Gm Bb
So here we are again,
Cm Gm
And you've thinkin that you've won
Gm Bb
And I still can't recognize
Cm Gm
the person that you've become
Gm Eb
Will you look and see what you've done to me?
F Gm
I've been crying on my floor
Gm Eb
Can you hear me now as I'm walking out?
F D
I won't take this, take this anymore
Gm Eb
I didn't mean to let you down,
Bb D
I didn't mean to call you out,
Gm Eb D
I didn't mean to spread your little secrets all around,
Gm Eb
I didn't mean to walk away
Bb D
when you were lying to my face,
Gm Eb
I didn't mean to turn right back and put
D
you in your place
Gm
Or, maybe I did
Gm Bb
Oh, so you're an actor now?
Cm Gm
Like guess our story was just pretend
Gm Bb
And I, bet your arrogance,
Cm Gm
It gets you in the end
Gm Eb
Did you think that I wouldn't realize?
F Gm
You played me for a fool
Gm
How do you feel now?
Eb F
Everyone found out and we all
D
know the truth, about you
Gm Eb
I didn't mean to let you down,
Bb D
I didn't mean to call you out,
Gm Eb D
I didn't mean to spread your little secrets all around,
Gm Eb
I didn't mean to walk away
Bb D
when you were lying to my face,
Gm Eb
I didn't mean to turn right back and put
D
you in your place
Gm
Or, maybe I did
Eb Bb D
Gm Eb D
Eb
You should've seen your face when I walked out,
Gm
I let the words fall out of my mouth,
Eb D
It would've felt so good to pull the curtain down,
Gm
No one believes you now
Bb Cm
Gm Bb Cm
I didn't mean to let you down, no
Gm Eb
I didn't mean to let you down,
Bb D
I didn't mean to call you out,
Gm Eb D
I didn't mean to spread your little secrets all around,
Gm Eb
I didn't mean to walk away
Bb D
when you were lying to my face,
Gm Eb
I didn't mean to turn right back and put
D
you in your place
Gm Eb Bb
Or, maybe I did
D Gm Eb D
Maybe I did, yeah
Gm
Oh, maybe I did
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*No Capo*
E A D G B E
Tuning: Standard
Fm C# G# G# D#
Fm C# G# G#
Fm C#
Hold back the tears, I've been here too long
Fm C# D#
I'm just wasting time, so it's time to move on
Fm C#
And you can't deny, I've put off my dreams
Fm C# D#
Throw that calendar out, there's more out there for me
G#
So I'm gone, out the door
D#
Needed you, but not anymore
Fm D#
Sure it's true, I might fail
C# D#
But not the same way as if I stayed here
Fm
This is goodbye
Fm C#
Please bite your tongue, cause there's nothing to say
Fm C# D#
I've been cursing the clock, so I'm leaving today
Fm C#
I've never been scared, of taking the chance
Fm G#
That you never did, and you never will,
C# D#
So how could you ever understand?
G#
So I'm gone, out the door
D#
Needed you, but not anymore
Fm D#
Sure it's true, I might fail
C# D#
But not the same way as if I stayed here
Fm
This is goodbye
Fm
Fm C# D#
This is my chance to make it,
Fm
This is my life,
C# D#
I wont waste it here
G#
So I'm gone, out the door
D#
Needed you, but not anymore
Fm D#
Sure it's true, I might fail
C# D#
But not the same way as if I stayed here
G#
Now I'm gone, out the door
D#
Needed you, but not anymore
Fm D#
Sure it's true, I might fail
C# D#
But not the same way as if I stayed here
Fm C#
This is goodbye
G# D#
This is goodbye
Fm C#
This is goodbye
G#
This is goodbye
G# G/G#
Now I'm
Fm
gone
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*No Capo*
E A D G B E
Tuning: Standard
C#m C#m A F#m G#
C#m
You don’t know our names
A
So call us what you want
F#m
But we won’t leave this place
G# C#m
Until we’ve left our mark
A
Try to stomp us out
F#m
The walls that you’ve built up
G#
We’re gonna burn them down
C#m A
Take or leave it, we’re not gonna change
B
This is what, this is what we are
C#m
Forget what you’ve been told
F#m
Little do they know
G# A
We’re just getting started
B
This is what, this is what we are
C#m
Not fooling anyone
F#m
Take a look at what we’ve done
G# C#m
We’re just getting started
C#m
I can feel their eyes
A
Trying to dim our light
F#m
The harder that they try
G# C#m
The brighter we will shine
A
You can’t hold us down
F#m
Cause we have learned to fly
G#
With our feet on the ground
C#m A
Take or leave it, we’re not gonna change
B
This is what, this is what we are
C#m
Forget what you’ve been told
F#m
Little do they know
G# A
We’re just getting started
B
This is what, this is what we are
C#m
Not fooling anyone
F#m
Take a look at what we’ve done
G#
We’re just getting started
A
We’re just getting started
B Cdim C#m
We’re just getting started
A E E
C#m A E B
Started
C#m A E
Times up we’ve been hidden for too long
E C#m
Gotta scream, gotta scream it from our lungs
A E B
Times up we’ve been hidden for too long
A
This is what we are, this is what we are
A B
This is what, this is what we are
C#m
Forget what you’ve been told
F#m
Little do they know
G# A
We’re just getting started
B
This is what, this is what we are
C#m
Not fooling anyone
F#m
Take a look at what we’ve done
G#
We’re just getting started
A
We’re just getting started
B Cdim C#m
We’re just getting started
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*No Capo*
E A D G B E
Tuning: Standard
G#m B
Each day I see it
E F#
The memory of me leaving
G#m B F#
I still don't even know the reason why
G#m B
Early one morning
E F#
I left a note with no warning
G#m B F#
Too scared to even really say goodbye
E F#
Oh I wish you could hear the truth
G#m E
That I'd be lying if I said
B F#
That I don't need you
G#m E
And I'd be lying if I said
B F#
I'm better off alone
G#m E
And I've been trying to forget
B F# G#m
The day I let you go
E F#
I'd be lying
G#m
But I guess you'll never know
G#m B
You were what I needed
E F#
But I was too blind to see it
G#m B F#
I know that you never would have let me fall
G#m B
And now it's too late
E F# G#m
You've gone away without a trace
B F#
It's like you were never even here at all
(PRE-CHORUS)
E F#
Oh I wish you could hear the truth
(CHORUS)
G#m E
That I'd be lying if I said
B F#
That I don't need you
G#m E
And I'd be lying if I said
B F#
I'm better off alone
G#m E
And I've been trying to forget
B F# G#m
The day I let you go
E F#
I'd be lying
(BRIDGE)
E
Because I'm a wreck when you are gone
G#m F#
I know now that I was wrong
E
I need you, I need to find you
G#m D#
Come back, come back, come back to me
E
I'm a wreck when you are gone
G#m F#
I know now that I was wrong
E
I need you, I need to find you
F#
Come back, come back, come back to me
(BUILD-UP)
G#m E B F#
And I'd be lying if I said, ohh
G#m E
I'd be lying if I said
F#
Come back, come back, come back to me
(CHORUS)
G#m E
I'd be lying if I said
B F#
That I don't need you
G#m E
And I'd be lying if I said
B F#
I'm better off alone
G#m E
And I've been trying to forget
B F# E
The day I let you go
F#
I'd be lying
G#m E B
But I guess you'll never know
F# G#m E
I guess you'll never know
G#m
Know
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8. A World Outside
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*No Capo*
E A D G B E
Tuning: Standard
(VERSE)
D#m
I can see your loosing hope
D#m B
your smiles not the same
C#
don't try to deny it
D#m
I can hear it when you speak
D#m B
your voice gives you away
C#
so why try to hide it?
D#m
and i know you feel broken
D#m B
but I will never leave you alone
C#
Keep believing, keep on breathin'
(CHORUS)
D#m
Just don't, give up,
B F#
there's so much that you should be seeing
C#
you wouldn't believe it
D#m
I know you've had, enough,
B F#
but there's a world outside that's been waiting
C#
life's what you make it
so don't throw it away
(VERSE)
D#m
I know it's hard to get back up
D#m B
when the world has turned on you
C#
you can't find a reason
D#m
just reach out and take my hand
D#m B
I swear we'll make it through
C#
keep believing, keep on breathin'
(CHORUS)
D#m
Just don't, give up,
B F#
there's so much that you should be seeing
C#
you wouldn't believe it
D#m
I know you've had, enough,
B F#
but there's a world outside that's been waiting
C#
life's what you make it
B C#
so don't throw it away
B C#
don't throw it away
(BRIDGE)
B C#
keep believing, keep on breathin'
B
don't throw it away
C#
keep believing, keep on breathin'
(BUILD-UP)
D#m
just don't, give up,
B F#
there's so much that you should be seeing
C#
you wouldn't believe it
(don't throw it away)
(CHORUS)
D#m
Just don't, give up,
B F#
there's so much that you should be seeing
C#
you wouldn't believe it
D#m
I know you've had, enough,
B F#
but there's a world outside that's been waiting
C#
life's what you make it
D#m B
so don't throw it away
C# D#m
don't throw it away
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9. The Only One
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*No Capo*
E A D G B E
Tuning: Standard
(INTRO)
Cm Ab
(VERSE)
Bb Cm
I was alone when you came running
Cm
I was a stranger in the dark
Ab
You found the light in me
Ab
And you lit up my heart
Bb Cm
There was a time when I was broken
Cm
There was a piece of me with you
Ab
You put me back together
Ab Bb
And now I'm brand new
(PRE-CHORUS)
Ab Bb
Well I've been trying to find the words to say
Ab
That I'll be lost without you
Bb
Yeah I'll be lost without you
(CHORUS)
Eb
Coz you're the only one that gets me
Bb
And you're the only one that keeps me safe
Cm
When I'm far from sleep and lonely
Ab
You're the only one that holds me
Eb
When I'm out there chasing my dreams
Bb
And I've got you by my side
Cm
I can put this world behind me
Ab Cm
Coz you're the only one that I need tonight
(VERSE)
Cm
If I forget to say I love you
Ab
If I get lost along the way
Cm Ab
You'll be the one guiding me back everyday
Cm
I know the road hasn't been easy
Ab
I know our faith will pull us through
Cm Ab
The promise we made through thick and thin still holds through
(PRE-CHORUS)
Ab Bb
Well I've been trying to find the words to say
(CHORUS)
Eb
Coz you're the only one that gets me
Bb
And you're the only one that keeps me safe
Cm
When I'm far from sleep and lonely
Ab
You're the only one that holds me
Eb
When I'm out there chasing my dreams
Bb
And I've got you by my side
Cm
I can put this world behind me
Ab Cm
Coz you're the only one that I need tonight
(POST-CHORUS)
Bb Cm
Bb Ab
And I'll be lost without you
Bb
Yeah I'll be lost without you
(BRIDGE)
Cm Bb Cm
It doesn't matter how far away we go
Bb Ab
In your arms is a place that I call home
Bb
The place I call home
(CHORUS)
Eb
Coz you're the only one that gets me
Bb
And you're the only one that keeps me safe
Cm
When I'm far from sleep and lonely
Ab
You're the only one that holds me
Eb
When I'm out there chasing my dreams
Bb
And I've got you by my side
Cm
I can put this world behind me
Ab
Coz you're the only one, the only one
Eb
The only one that gets me
Bb
And you're the only one that keeps me safe
Cm
When I'm far from sleep and lonely
Ab
You're the only one that holds me
Eb
When I'm out there chasing my dreams
Bb
And I've got you by my side
Cm
I can put this world behind me
Ab Cm
Coz you're the only one that I need tonight
(OUTRO)
Cm
I'd be lost without you
Cm
Yeah I'd be lost without you
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10. I'm Alive
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*No Capo*
E A D G B E
Tuning: Standard
(VERSE)
C#m
Tell me what you really wanna say
C#m
Take that mask off, let me see your face
A B
Now it's time to end this charade
C#m
It's not real
it's not real
C#m
I can see right through your lifeless eyes
C#m
When every word was just another lie
A F#m
So comfortable in your new disguise
C#m
you're not real
C#m
you're not real
(CHORUS)
C#m
I'm alive, look inside
A
There's a heart that is beating
E B G#m
Tell me what that means to you
C#m
I am real, I can feel
A
Every word that cuts through me
E B
Must I bleed to prove to you
G#m C#m
That I'm alive
(VERSE)
C#m
Feels like I've been living with a ghost
C#m
You weren't there when you were needed most
A F#m
And all your promises were hollow
C#m
Just like you
C#m
Just like you
(CHORUS)
C#m
I'm alive, look inside
A
There's a heart that is beating
E B G#m
Tell me what that means to you
C#m
I am real, I can feel
A
Every word that cuts through me
E B
Must I bleed to prove to you
G#m C#m
That I'm alive
(INTERLUDE)
C#m C#m C#m C#m
(BRIDGE)
A F#m
Feel my heart
(I'm alive)
C#m B G#m
Feel my heart
(CHORUS)
C#m
I'm alive, look inside
A
There's a heart that is beating
E B G#m
Tell me what that means to you
C#m
I am real, I can feel
A
Every word that cuts through me
E B
Must I bleed to prove to you
G#m C#m
That I'm alive
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11. What Happens Next
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*No Capo*
E A D G B E
Tuning: Standard
(VERSE)
Eb Bb
This is our time now, take a look around
Cm Ab
Everything is about to change
Eb
We've said our goodbyes
Bb
It's time to realize that
Cm Bb Ab
Nothing gold ever stays
(PRE-CHORUS)
Ab Eb Bb
We've set our sails for so much more
Ab
Won't let our dreams get washed ashore
Eb Bb
This is what we've waited for
(CHORUS)
Eb
So tell me what happens next
Bb
I've been dying to see
Cm
Will we finally move on
Ab
Oh it's so bittersweet
Eb
And all the days that we've shared
Bb
I will never forget
Cm Bb Ab
But it's time to find out now
Bb Ab Eb Bb
What happens next
(VERSE)
Eb Bb
Waves of memories crashing at my feet
Cm Ab
I wouldn't trade them for anything
Eb Bb
But the road ahead is a page unread
Cm Bb Ab
And there's no place I'd rather be
(CHORUS)
Eb
So tell me what happens next
Bb
I've been dying to see
Cm
Will we finally move on
Ab
Oh it's so bittersweet
Eb
And all the days that we've shared
Bb
I will never forget
Cm Bb Ab
But it's time to find out now
Bb Ab
What happens next
Bb
Yeah
(INTERLUDE)
Eb Bb Cm Ab
Eb Bb Cm Ab
(BUILD-UP)
Eb Bb
This is our time now, take a look around
Cm Ab
Everything is about to change
Eb
We've said our goodbyes
Bb
It's time to realize that
Cm Bb Ab
Things will never be the same
(CHORUS)
Eb
So tell me what happens next
Bb
I've been dying to see
Cm
Will we finally move on
Ab
Oh it's so bittersweet
Eb
And all the days that we've shared
Bb
I will never forget
Cm Bb Ab
But it's time to find out now
Bb Eb
What happens next
(OUTRO)
Bb
We've set our sails for so much more
Cm
Won't let our dreams get washed ashore
Bb Ab
This is what we've waited for
Eb
What we've waited for
Bb
We've set our sails for so much more
Cm
Won't let our dreams get washed ashore
Bb Ab
This is what we've waited for
Bb Ab
What we've waited for
Bb Eb
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Hope you enjoyed this one!
Stay KingerZ
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