Published: 2025-06-23 11:27 Selection chords: Sofia Davis
Tonality
Intro: CFCF
Verse:
F
We were in a race to grow up
C
Yesterday, through today, ʼtil tomorrow
F
But when the plant blew up
CG
A piece of shrapnel flew and slowed that part of you
F
The doctors gave you until the end of the night
C
But not ʼtil daylight (Not ʼtil daylight),
C
not ʼtil daylight (Not ʼtil daylight)
F
Time passes slower in the flicker of the hospital light
CCmaj7
I pray the race is worth the fight
F
Made a fool of myself down on Tennessee Street
C
It wasnʼt pretty like the movies
F
It was ugly, like what they all did to me
C
And they did to me what I wouldnʼt Do to anyone
Cmaj7
You know thatʼs for sure
Chorus:
F
Tell me all the time not to worry
CCmaj7
And think of all the time Iʼll, Iʼll have with you
F
When I wonʼt wake up on my own (Wake up on my own), wake up on my own
CCmaj7
Held close all the time, knowing Iʼm half of you
Post-chorus:
F
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C
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FCmaj7
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F
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CCmaj7
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Verse:
F
Lay me down where the trees bend low
C
Put me down where the greenery stings
F
I can hear them singinʼ
CCmaj7
"To love me is to suffer me", and I believe it
FC
When I lay with you in that auld lang room
CGF
Wishinʼ I was the way you say that you are
FC
Youʼll Go fight a war, Iʼll Go missing
CGF
I warned you, for me, itʼs not that hard
Pre-chorus:
F
That picture on the wall youʼre scared of looks just like you
CGF
I wanna bleed, I wanna hurt the way that boys do
FC
Maybe youʼre right and we should stop watchinʼ the news
CG
ʼCause, baby, Iʼve never seen brown eyes look so blue
Chorus:
F
Tell me all the time (Tell me all the time)
F
Not to worry (Not to worry)
CG
And think of all the time Iʼll, Iʼll have with you
GF
When I wonʼt wake up on my own (Wake up on my own),
F
Wake up on my own
FCG
Held close all the time, knowinʼ Iʼm half of you
F
Think of us inside (Think of us inside),
F
After the wedding (After the wedding)
CG
Sufferinʼ the while to lie a time or two
GF
When we wonʼt wake up on our own (Wake up on our own),
F
Wake up on our own (Wake up on our own)
CG
Held close all the time, knowinʼ (Knowinʼ)
GF
This was all for you
Post-chorus:
F
Think of us inside
CG
Gardenias on the tile, where it makes no difference
FCGF
Who held back from who
Outro:
To love me is to suffer me