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[Verse]
Dcouldn’t have held on Bmany longer than I dF#midA  
Dcouldn’t have told you Bmanything more than the wF#mords that I sAaid
Dcouldn’t let go no I cBmouldn’t let go then you F#mdidA  
Dcouldn’t let go no I sBmhouldn’t let go but we diF#mdA  
[Chorus]
EmAnd now there’s a spaGce where our heDarts don’t mAeetF#m  
And anGyone who comes close to mine will sDee how I bAleed I’m wF#meak
All the wDords that you said well they couBmldn’t hurt more than they dF#midA  
All the tDhings that you said, coBmuldn’t hurt more than they dF#midA  
D Bm F#m A
D Bm F#m A
[Verse]
Dcouldn’t have smiled Bmany bigger than I dF#mid, when AI met you
couldn’t hDave caught your eye, no I couBmldn’t have tried to feel rF#meady
for tAhis, oh I
cDouldn’t let go no I cBmouldn’t give in then I dC#mid, thAank god
DI couldn’t let go no we sBmhouldn’t let go then we dC#midA  F#m  
and Gnow, there’s a space, where our heDarts don’t mAeet
F#mand anyAone who comes cGlose to mine will seDe EmI am noAt so weak
Gnow there’s a space where our heDarts doEmn’t mAeet
Bmand nothing hurts mGore, nothing than the scDar this leAaves
[Chorus]
All the wDords that you said well they couBmldn’t hurt more than they dF#midA  
All the tDhings that you said, coBmuldn’t hurt more than they dF#midA  
D Bm F#m A
D Bm F#m A D

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Couldnt

by Erin K

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F#m

C#m

[Verse]

D Bm F#m A

couldn’t have held on any longer than I did

D Bm F#m A

couldn’t have told you anything more than the words that I said

D Bm F#m A

couldn’t let go no I couldn’t let go then you did

D Bm F#m A

couldn’t let go no I shouldn’t let go but we did

[Chorus]

Em G D A F#m

And now there’s a space where our hearts don’t meet

G D A F#m

And anyone who comes close to mine will see how I bleed I’m weak

D Bm F#m A

All the words that you said well they couldn’t hurt more than they did

D Bm F#m A

All the things that you said, couldn’t hurt more than they did

D Bm F#m A

[Verse]

D Bm F#m A

couldn’t have smiled any bigger than I did, when I met you

D Bm F#m

couldn’t have caught your eye, no I couldn’t have tried to feel ready

for this, oh I

D Bm C#m A

couldn’t let go no I couldn’t give in then I did, thank god

D Bm C#m A F#m

I couldn’t let go no we shouldn’t let go then we did

G D A

and now, there’s a space, where our hearts don’t meet

F#m A G D Em A

and anyone who comes close to mine will see I am not so weak

G D Em A

now there’s a space where our hearts don’t meet

Bm G D A

and nothing hurts more, nothing than the scar this leaves

[Chorus]

D Bm F#m A

All the words that you said well they couldn’t hurt more than they did

D Bm F#m A

All the things that you said, couldn’t hurt more than they did

D Bm F#m A

D Bm F#m A D

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