standard tuning
VERSE
D
if i thought it would help i would drive this car into the sea
if the fire and smoke and explosions could speak for me
A Bm A
if the words that i used to try to explain how something inside of me started to break
G A
ah, but one by one my words just got in the way
D A G A
G A D
how many nights did i crash against the waves with my head going under
G A D
how many days did i spend trying to see it your way, if you try you remember
Bm A G A Bm
i changed and changed and kept on saying "one of these days something inside's gonna break"
A G A
and we won't get it back now, baby (something's gonna break)
Chorus
Bm A G A
if i thought it would help i would carve your name into my heart
Bm A G A
and if i thought it would help i would carve your name into my heart
D A Bm A
all of the things that i tried to explain how something inside of me started to break
G A D A G
we were living proof, one by one we drifted away
A D A G A
one by one we drifted away
verse 2
G A D
time after time there were things that would scare me to tears, while you called me haunted
G A D
i paced around the bed where you laid
G A
one of these days, baby, something… (something's gonna break)
Chorus
Bm A G A
if i thought it would help i would carve your name into my heart
Bm A G A
and if i thought it would help i would carve your name into my heart
D A Bm A
all of the things that i tried to explain how something inside of me started to break
G A
we were living proof, one by one we drifted away
BRIDGE
F# G Bm A
…drifted away, drifted away… one by one and day by day
G A D
i became the dark in the places where you live
Chorus
Bm A G A
if i thought it would help i would carve your name into my heart
Bm A G A
and if i thought it would help i would carve your name into my heart
D A Bm A
all of the things that i tried to explain how something inside of me started to break
G A D A G
we were living proof, one by one we drifted away
A D A G
one by one we drifted away
G
we were living proof
A D
one by one we drifted away