I got a bunch of requests for this song, so here it is. It's simpler than it sounds
actually even though it is Charlie playing the piano.
You will notice that the intro is repeated at the end of each chorus, until the last
few. Also, the Cmaj7 from the intro is sometimes used in the verse in place of C, but
that's really just improvisational. Sounds great of course, but it's not necessary.
There is one moment in the first pre-chorus where the 12-string plays an A note, which can
be played on a normal guitar as an A8 (octave). That octave also sounds good as a 5th if
you feel so inclined (I think it's easier). For the rest of the song that part is played
as a D. It makes for a slightly jarring transition, but it makes it quite satisfying when
the song falls into the predicted I-V-VI-IV pattern.
Capo 3
[Intro]
Em G Cmaj7 G
Em G Cmaj7
[Verse 1]
Em C G
Was a cold 3 AM at JFK
Em C G
I guess you stayed cause you wanted to stay
Em C G
And we went from zero to everything all in a day
Em C G
And then Kennedy took you away
[Pre-Chorus 1]
G A8(A5)
I thought of a short robe that was keeping you warm
Em C
And the moments that make up your life till you wake up
G D
You sit on a swing in the dark with a girl
Em C
And she tells you she wanted to kiss you
[Chorus 1]
(C)
And you know that
G D
The worst part of a good day is hearing yourself say
Em C
Goodbye to one more possibility day
Em G Cmaj7 G
It goes on
Em G Cmaj7
And on...
[Verse 2]
Em C G
I go west but your weather has changed
Em C G
You're just scared, I mistake it for strange
Em C G
When you want me to leave then you start to believe I should stay
Em C G
I gotta get out of L.A.
[Pre-Chorus 2]
G D
It seems like the short days are over
Em C
Cause you just don’t sleep in the daylight, so I don’t sit up nights
G D
I lie on my back on top of the hill
Em C
And your body is breaking the sky 'cause you're shaking
[Chorus 2]
G D
And the worst part of a good day is knowing it's slipping
Em C
Away, that's one more possibility day
Em G Cmaj7 G
It's gone.
Em G Cmaj7
[Verse 3]
Em C G
We were waiting for winter this year
Em C G
But you came and it never appeared
Em C G
Me and you we know too many reasons for people and seasons
Em C G
That pass like they weren't even here
[Verse 4]
Em C G
Now living in smiles is better you say
Em C G
We carry the burdens of all of our days
Em C G
So scared that you’ll leave, you’re scared that I'll stay
Em C G
It's an impossibility day
Em C G
And we only saw half the ballet
[Pre-Chorus 3]
G D
I said good night, goodbye
Em C
Seems like a good thing, so you know it's a good lie
G D
You can run out of choices and still hear a voice in your
Em C
Head when you’re lying in bed
[Chorus 3]
(C)
And it says that
G D
The best part of a bad day is knowing it's ok
Em C
The color of everything changes
G D
The sky rearranges its shade, and your smile doesn’t fade
Em C
Into the phone call and one bad decision we made
[Chorus 4]
G D
And the worst part of a good day is the one thing you don’t say
Em C
And you don’t know how but you wish there was some way
G D
So you pull down the shades, and you shut out the light
Em C
Because somehow we mixed up "goodbye" and "goodnight"
[Chorus 5]
G D
And the one thing you don't say is everyone knows
Em C
Possibility days are impossible
Em G Cmaj7 G
It just feels wrong
Em G Cmaj7 G
So wrong...
Em G Cmaj7 G
Now you're gone
Em D/F# C F
Long gone...
G
Chords:
[Intro/Verse]
Em 022000
G 320003
Cmaj7 X32000
C X32010
[Pre-chorus/Chorus]
A8 X0X2XX
(A5) X022XX
D XX0232
D/F# 2X0232
F 133211
