A Thousand Words Chords
A Thousand Words by Melanie Martinez is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, G, F, C, E and Dm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Verse
Am G F
How can I see when my eyes are closed
Am G F
How can you be so far away and already wanna go
Am G F
How can we talk when our mouths are closed
Am G F
And I want you to know I can't fix what you have broke
F G Am C G
Close my eyes and go to sleep ohhh
F G E
You're the last thing the last thing that I see
F G Am C G
I had a thousand words to say you just chose to walk away
F G Am C G
And are you happy now you're free ohhh
F G Am C G
You gave me your heart and took it back from me
Dm
Now I've seen the light of day
Dm
Boy you don't mean shit to me
Verse
Am G F
How can we write when the ink is gone
Am G F
Our loves an empty page that you've never written on
Am G F
How can we be what we used to be
Am G F
Was it all just make-believe when my heart was on my sleeve
F G Am C G
Close my eyes and go to sleep ohhh
F G E
You're the last thing the last thing that I see
F G Am C G
I had a thousand words to say you just chose to walk away
F G Am C G
And are you happy now you're free ohhh
F G Am C G
You gave me your heart and took it back from me
Dm
Now I've seen the light of day
Dm
Boy you don't mean shit to me
Bridge
Am G C Dm
Our loves a postcard on its way heading towards no destiny
Am G C Dm
Our loves a postcard on its way heading towards no destiny
Am G C Dm
Our loves a postcard on its way heading towards no destiny
Am G C Dm
Our loves a postcard on its way heading towards no destiny
F G Am C G
Close my eyes and go to sleep ohhh
F G E
You're the last thing the last thing that I see
F G Am C G
I had a thousand words to say you just chose to walk away
F G Am C G
And are you happy now you're free ohhh
F G Am C G
You gave me your heart and took it back from me
Dm
Now I've seen the light of day
Dm
Boy you don't mean shit to me