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The Distance

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[Intro]
F# A D
[Verse 1]
 F#And since you've been gEone
Ive been Daway
From hDere and now
 F#From yesterday
The lies that it tAook
To keep you Daround
So i heDld you here
We talked about
A lF#mife of sin
Giving inA  
And how soBmmetimes
 DEven God forgets
[Chorus]
And AI come to save you
But I couldn't remEember your F#mface
So I clF#mosed my eyes
And caElled out your nameD  
AAnd when I found you
You were slDipping awEay
So I hEad to do whats best for you
[Solo]
F# A D D
[Verse 2]
F#Years spent Ealone
But I coulDdn't stay
Once I lDost my soul
Found my wayF#  
Back to the plAace
I started witDh you
Where we rDealized
What wC#me would do
With mBmended heart
A brand new Astart
And the words bDack
We never meant to say
[Chorus]
And AI come to save you
But I couldn't remEember your F#mface
So I clF#mosed my eyes
And caElled out your nameD  
AAnd when I found you
You were slDipping awEay
So I hEad to do whats best for you
The lAies that they gave you
Were the sAame as the prEomise I mF#made
You dF#mid nothing wrong
But Eyou were ashamedD  
But when AI heard they would giDve you awaEy
Well, I hAad to do whats bEest for you
[Bridge]
DSay it, sEay what you needed to F#msay
You know you'll feel bEetter now
And Dhate me, Ehate me for all of the waAys
I lEet you down
In F#msearch of you i lEost myDself
I lost mysEelf
ADon't you feel better now?
[Solo]
 F#   F#   E   D   D   Ex2
[Chorus]
And AI come to save you
But I couldn't remEember your F#mface
So I clF#mosed my eyes
And caElled out your nameD  
AAnd when I found you
You were slDipping awEay
So I hEad to do whats best for you
The lAies that they gave you
Were the sAame as the pEromise I mF#made
You dF#mid nothing wrong
But Eyou were ashamedD  
But when AI heard they would giDve you awaEy
Well, I hAad to do whats bEest for you
[Chorus]
And AI come to save you, but i couAldn't remembEer your F#mface
(I couldn't remember)
So I F#mclose my eyes and cEall out your nDame
(I call out your name)
And when i fDound you, you were sliDpping aEway
(You were slipping away)
So I hEad to do whats best for you
(You know I had to do, whats best for you)
The lAies that they gave you were the saAme as the pEromise I F#mmade
You did F#mnothing wrong but Eyou were aDshamed
(You did nothing wrong)
But when I Dheard they just gaDve you aEway
(And when I found)
Well, I Ehad to do whats best for you
(Well, I had to do whats best for you)
[Chorus]
And AI come to save you
(I come to save you)
But I couAldn't remeEmber your F#mface
(I couldn't remember)
So I Aclosed my eyes
(I close my eyes)
And caElled out your nDame
 AAnd when I found you
(When I found you)
You were sliDpping aEway
(You were gone)
So I hEad to do whats best for you
[Outro]
The Alies that they gave you
The sAame as the proEmise i F#mmade
You diF#d nothing wrong
But alwEays to blaDme
Even thAough you've forgDotten my nEame
Oh, I would Estill do whats bG#est for yAou

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The Distance

by One Less Reason

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F#m

C#m

[Intro]

F# A D

[Verse 1]

F# E

And since you've been gone

Ive been away

From here and now

From yesterday

The lies that it took

To keep you around

So i held you here

We talked about

F#m

A life of sin

Giving in

And how sometimes

Even God forgets

[Chorus]

And I come to save you

E F#m

But I couldn't remember your face

F#m

So I closed my eyes

E D

And called out your name

And when I found you

D E

You were slipping away

So I had to do whats best for you

[Solo]

F# A D D

[Verse 2]

F# E

Years spent alone

But I couldn't stay

Once I lost my soul

Found my way

Back to the place

I started with you

Where we realized

C#m

What we would do

With mended heart

A brand new start

And the words back

We never meant to say

[Chorus]

And I come to save you

E F#m

But I couldn't remember your face

F#m

So I closed my eyes

E D

And called out your name

And when I found you

D E

You were slipping away

So I had to do whats best for you

The lies that they gave you

A E F#m

Were the same as the promise I made

F#m

You did nothing wrong

E D

But you were ashamed

A D E

But when I heard they would give you away

A E

Well, I had to do whats best for you

[Bridge]

D E F#m

Say it, say what you needed to say

You know you'll feel better now

D E A

And hate me, hate me for all of the ways

I let you down

F#m E D

In search of you i lost myself

I lost myself

Don't you feel better now?

[Solo]

F# F# E D D E

[Chorus]

And I come to save you

E F#m

But I couldn't remember your face

F#m

So I closed my eyes

E D

And called out your name

And when I found you

D E

You were slipping away

So I had to do whats best for you

The lies that they gave you

A E F#m

Were the same as the promise I made

F#m

You did nothing wrong

E D

But you were ashamed

A D E

But when I heard they would give you away

A E

Well, I had to do whats best for you

[Chorus]

A A E F#m

And I come to save you, but i couldn't remember your face

(I couldn't remember)

F#m E D

So I close my eyes and call out your name

(I call out your name)

D D E

And when i found you, you were slipping away

(You were slipping away)

So I had to do whats best for you

(You know I had to do, whats best for you)

A A E F#m

The lies that they gave you were the same as the promise I made

F#m E D

You did nothing wrong but you were ashamed

(You did nothing wrong)

D D E

But when I heard they just gave you away

(And when I found)

Well, I had to do whats best for you

(Well, I had to do whats best for you)

[Chorus]

And I come to save you

(I come to save you)

A E F#m

But I couldn't remember your face

(I couldn't remember)

So I closed my eyes

(I close my eyes)

E D

And called out your name

And when I found you

(When I found you)

D E

You were slipping away

(You were gone)

So I had to do whats best for you

[Outro]

The lies that they gave you

A E F#m

The same as the promise i made

You did nothing wrong

E D

But always to blame

A D E

Even though you've forgotten my name

E G# A

Oh, I would still do whats best for you

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