Intro
F G Am
Tear me open at the seams
F
Take everything you need
G Am
Take my heart if you like the beat
Take my lungs if it’s hard
F G Am
to breathe to breathe
Interlude: Eb-Bb/D-G#--Eb-Bb/D-Bb--Eb-Bb/D-Cm-Bb-G#-
Eb-Bb/D-G#--Eb-Bb/D-Bb--Eb-Bb/D-Cm---
Verse 1:
C G/B F
“I’m not cold” she said
G
But she’s shaking
Am
As she’s lying next to me naked
F G
Pulled the hair back from her face
Am
To let that smile heat this place
F G
And this feels so far from real
Am
I’m lost and I love it
Refrain:
C G/B F
I can’t take it
C G/B G
If you’re waiting
C G/B Am G F
I am ready to tell the world
C G/B F C G/B
About a girl who showed me
G C G/B Am
Love again for the first time
And it’s everything I dreamed of
Chorus 1:
C C/E
Tell me what you thought about
G
When you were breathing oh so loud
C
Screaming oh so loud
C/E
Tell me if this is real
G
I need to know before
C G/B Am
I get too close
Verse 2:
C G/B F G
So here we lie in this beautiful mess
Am
Of tangled sheets and beads of sweat
F
With my heart in your hand
G
My neck in the other
Am
Should I be scared or
should I come closer?
F
But it’s still beating
G
and I'm still breathing
Am
You haven’t hurt me yet
(Repeat Refrain)
Chorus 2:
C C/E
Tell me what you thought about
G
When you were breathing oh so loud
C
Screaming oh so loud
C/E
Tell me if this is real
G
I need to know before
I get too close
Bridge:
F
Morning always
G
comes too quick
Am
When you’re around
When you’re around
F G
You leave me lying here
Am
So they don’t find us out
They’ll find us out
F G Am
Tear me open at the seams
F
Take everything you need
G
Take my heart if
Am
you like the beat
Take my lungs if
F G
it’s hard to breathe
Am
to breathe
(Repeat Refrain 1)
Refrain 2:
C G/B F
I can’t take it
C G/B G
If you’re waiting
C G/B Am G F
I am ready to tell the world
C G/B F C G/B
About a girl who showed me
G C G/B Eb(hold)
Love again for the first time