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