Intro
NONE
VERSE:
F
it's turning on MTV
C
when we were fourteen
A#
you said, "my moms asleep,
F
we won't get caught.
C
what do you want to watch?"
F
and i could hear the traffic
C
that i know you're ignoring
A#
but i let it into my life
F C
to thicken to air i breathe
VERSE:
F
it was at the bus stop that a woman cried
C
and i could tell she was different by the look in her eyes
A#
and i don't know what she said
F C
but i felt what she meant in her honesty
F
and i went to your house that night
C
and i told you about the woman's eyes
and the words in her mouth
A# F C
and how i wouldn't mind taking her advice one day
F C A# C
but i'm the cowardly lion
VERSE:
F
i'll leave quietly
C
if that means
A# F
a better chance to commemorate what we had
C
when we were happy
BREAK:
F
this isn't a love song, no not in the least
C
i just miss you watching my tv
A#
when i'm writing,
C
so i can hear you laughing
F
i swear to god i still hear you
when i close my eyes
C
and you'd tell me
i'm not going to die
A#
like you used to
C
before i did this
CHORUS:
F
you're the sunlight
that i wished would leave
C
i'm the raincloud
i don't wanna be
A#
because the more you're gone
C
the more i grow pale
F C A# C
i grow pale
CHORUS:
F
you're the sunlight
that i wished would leave
C
i'm the raincloud
i don't wanna be
A#
because the more you're gone
C
the more i grow pale
F
i grow pale
spoken:
It sped up a little bit....well