Verse
G
As we dance here in
Fbm
this empty apartment
C
Echoes of laughter
will long live here after
D
Put your memories in boxes
And cut all your losses
G
Romance left
Fbm
this place long ago
C
If these walls
could talk
D
They’d tell me
Ebm-C#/F-C x2
it’s time to go
Refrain:
Fbm D/F#
You gave this place
C
so much color
Fbm D/F#
I don’t know why I
C
did not see
that before
Fbm D/F#
You gave life
C
to this place
Fbm
Without you
D/F# B(hold)
it’s empty space
Verse 2:
G
As we kiss knowing
Fbm
that it’s our last one
C
Pull the sheets
from the mattress
Sleep hasn’t found us
D
Take the curtains
from the window
Let the world see
this last dance
G
And now what
Fbm
is left for us
C
Turn all the
lights out
D
Lock the door
Fbm D/F# C
behind us
(Repeat Refrain)
Chorus:
D
Someone else can
hang pictures
over holes in the walls
Fbm
Duck and take cover from
the screams in the hall
C
Sing you to sleep when
you’re hurt from the fall
G D/F# C D G/Cb C x2
And somehow I will miss this all
Verse 3:
C
Let's burn this place down
D
and scatter the ashes
Fbm
Paint it with gasoline
D/F#
and start throwing matches
C
Somewhere in this wreck
D
remains dying love
(Repeat Refrain)
(Repeat Chorus except last line)
G D/F# Fbm D/F# C
And somehow I will miss this all
Outro:
G
As we dance knowing
Fbm
that it’s our last one
C
If these walls could talk
D
they’d tell us
Fbm D/F# B(hold)
it’s time to go