Intro: Bm D
D Bm D
D Bm D
A Bm F#m
D2 G G D D2 Bm
Verse 1:
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You know the distance never made
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A difference to me
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I swam a lake of fire, I'd have
D2 Bm D
Walked across the floor of any
Sea
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Ignored the vastness between all
D2 A Bm
That can be seen
F#m
And all that we believe
A G G
So I thought you were like an angel
D D2
To me
( D D2 Em7 Bm7 )
Verse 2:
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Funny how true colors shine in
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Darkness and in secrecy
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If there were scarlet flags
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They washed out in thе mind of
Me
D D4 D
Where a blinding light shonе on
D2 A Bm
You every night
F#m
Either side of my sleep
A
Where you were held frozen like an
G D D2
Angel to me
Post-Chorus
D2
It ain't the being alone
Em7
Sha-la-la
D2 Em7
It ain't the empty home, baby
Bm7 Em7
You know I'm good on my own
D2
Sha-la-la, baby, no, it's more the
G D D2
Being unknown
So much of the living, love, is the
G D
Being unknown
Verse 3:
D D4 D
You called me angel for the
D2 Bm D
First time, my heart leapt from
Me
D D4 D
You smile now, I can see its
D2 Bm D
Pieces still stuck in your teeth
D D4
And what's left of it, I listen to
D D2 A Bm
It tick
F#m
Every tedious beat
A G D
Going unknown as any angel to me
D2
Bridge:
Em7 Bm G
Do you know I could break beneath
The weight
Em7 A
Of the goodness love I still carry
G
For you
Em7 Bm G
That I'd walk so far just to take
D A G
The injury of finally knowing you
Post-Chorus
D2
It ain't the being alone
Em7
Sha-la-la, sha-la-la, la, la-la
D2 Em7
It ain't the empty home, baby
G
(Sha-la-la, la-la-la)
Bm7 Em7
You know I'm good on my own
D2
Sha-la-la, baby, no, it's more the
G G D D2
Being unknown
And there are some people, love, who
G D
Are better unknown
Post-Chorus
D2
It ain't the being alone
Em7
Sha-la-la, sha-la-la, la, la-la
D2 Em7
It ain't the empty home, baby
G
(Sha-la-la, la-la-la)
Bm7 Em7
You know I'm good on my own
D2
Sha-la-la, baby, no, it's more the
G D D2
Being unknown
And there are some people, love, who
G D
Are better unknown