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