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[Verse 1]
You know I Ghate the fact
That you could Dhave me back in a BmheartbeatA  
AYeah we Gmade a pact that we would Dhold on tight
But you Bmleft me hanging on Ato nothing
[Pre-Chorus]
BmIt's nothing Anew missing youD  
I brought my Gtools to try and fix you
BmYeah I'm a Afool for ever loving Dyou
GBut here we go again
[Chorus]
DHeadfirst to disaster
N.C
I'm falling faster than ever
G    D        A
[Verse 2]
GYou know I hate the fact
That you could Dhave me back in a Bmheartbeat
Yeah I Gloved your dad, the way he Dtook me in
Like the Bmson he never had, with no Ahesitation
[Pre-Chorus]
BmIt's nothing Anew missing youD  
I brought my Gtools to try and fix you
BmYeah I'm a Afool for ever loving Dyou
GBut here we go again
[Chorus]
DHeadfirst to Bmdisaster
I'm falling faster than Dever
GHeadfirst to Bmdisaster
I'm falling Afaster, faster than Dever
GHeadfirst to Bmdisaster, I'm starting to Amaster
The change of the Dweather
Like a Ghurricane, a Bmchance of rain
I'm ready for a Athunderstorm, a Bmdownpour
GHeadfirst to Bmdisaster, I'm falling Afaster
Than the Bmsky is colAlapsingG  
[Bridge]
GYou never retDurned all the love that you Bmtook
It's hard letting Ago of the afterglow
GYou never reDturned like a library Bmbook
You checked out Amonths ago, Dyears ago
GFrom a payphonDe, calling it Bmoff
Cause you don't have the Aguts
You've got no backbone
GFrom a payphDone, called to Bmcollect
All the love that you Akept after the afterglow
G    D    Bm     A
AAfter the aftergGlow
G     D    Bm    A
AAfter the afterglow
[Chorus]
Gmaj7Headfirst to disaster
I'm falling Bmfaster than Dever
GHeadfirst to Bmdisaster
I'm falling Afaster, faster than Dever
GHeadfirst to Bmdisaster, I'm starting to Amaster
The change of the weatherD  
Like a Ghurricane, a chDance of rain
I'm ready for a Bmthunderstorm, a Adownpour
GHeadfirst to dDisaster, I'm falling fBmaster
Than the sAky is collapsingG  

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Headfirst

by This Wild Life

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Chords in this song · guitar

Gmaj7

[Verse 1]

You know I hate the fact

D Bm A

That you could have me back in a heartbeat

A G D

Yeah we made a pact that we would hold on tight

Bm A

But you left me hanging on to nothing

[Pre-Chorus]

Bm A D

It's nothing new missing you

I brought my tools to try and fix you

Bm A D

Yeah I'm a fool for ever loving you

But here we go again

[Chorus]

Headfirst to disaster

N.C

I'm falling faster than ever

G D A

[Verse 2]

You know I hate the fact

D Bm

That you could have me back in a heartbeat

G D

Yeah I loved your dad, the way he took me in

Bm A

Like the son he never had, with no hesitation

[Pre-Chorus]

Bm A D

It's nothing new missing you

I brought my tools to try and fix you

Bm A D

Yeah I'm a fool for ever loving you

But here we go again

[Chorus]

D Bm

Headfirst to disaster

I'm falling faster than ever

G Bm

Headfirst to disaster

A D

I'm falling faster, faster than ever

G Bm A

Headfirst to disaster, I'm starting to master

The change of the weather

G Bm

Like a hurricane, a chance of rain

A Bm

I'm ready for a thunderstorm, a downpour

G Bm A

Headfirst to disaster, I'm falling faster

Bm A G

Than the sky is collapsing

[Bridge]

G D Bm

You never returned all the love that you took

It's hard letting go of the afterglow

G D Bm

You never returned like a library book

A D

You checked out months ago, years ago

G D Bm

From a payphone, calling it off

Cause you don't have the guts

You've got no backbone

G D Bm

From a payphone, called to collect

All the love that you kept after the afterglow

G D Bm A

A G

After the afterglow

G D Bm A

After the afterglow

[Chorus]

Gmaj7

Headfirst to disaster

Bm D

I'm falling faster than ever

G Bm

Headfirst to disaster

A D

I'm falling faster, faster than ever

G Bm A

Headfirst to disaster, I'm starting to master

The change of the weather

G D

Like a hurricane, a chance of rain

Bm A

I'm ready for a thunderstorm, a downpour

G D Bm

Headfirst to disaster, I'm falling faster

A G

Than the sky is collapsing

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