Capo 3
Intro:Am C Em D/F# (twice)
Verse:
Am
When I was younger,
C
I was certain,
Em D/F#
I would be fine without a queen,
Am C
Just a king inside his castle,
Em D/F#
With an ocean in between,
Am C
Now all I do is sit and,
G D/F#
Count the miles from you to me,
A7 C B7
Oh, calamity,
Am C
We get older by the hour,
Em D/F#
Watch the changes from afar,
Am C
Keep forgetting to remember,
Em D/F#
Where we've been is who we are,
Am C
Now all I do is wonder,
G D/F#
Why we ever set the scene,
A7 C D
Oh, calamity,
Chorus:
C G D/F#
It's such a shame that we play strangers,
Em D/F# C G D/F#
No act to change what we've become,
Em D/F# C G B7 Em
Damn it's such a shame that we built a wreck out of me,
Am7
Oh, calamity,
C B7
Oh, calamity,
Verse:
Am C
I'll remember nights alone,
Em D/F#
Waking up to dial tones,
Am C
Always found my greatest moment,
Em D/F#
In the sound of your hello's,
Am C
Now I struggle to recall,
G D/F#
The reasons you would come to leave,
A7 C D
Oh, calamity,
Chorus:
C G D/F#
It's such a shame that we play strangers,
Em D/F# C G D/F#
No act to change what we've become,
Em D/F# C G B7 Em
Damn it's such a shame that we build a wreck out of me,
Am7
Oh, calamity,
C B7 Am C Em D/F# Am C Em D/F#
Oh, calamity,
Bridge:
Am C
If I catch you on the corner,
Em D/F#
Will you even know it's me?
Am C
Will I look familiar to you?
Em D/F#
Do you offer me a seat?
Am C
Can we find a new beginning?
G D/F#
Do you turn the other cheek?
A7 C D
Oh, calamity
Coda:
(mute) D/F#
It's such a shame that we play strangers,
Em D/F# C G D/F#
No act to change what we've become,
C G D/F#
Damn it's such a shame that we play strangers,
Em D/F# C G D/F#
No act to change what we've become,
Em D/F# C G B7 Em
Damn it's such a shame that we built a wreck out of me,
Am7
Oh, calamity,
C B7 Am C Em
Oh, calamity,
D/F# Am7 C
Oh, calamity,
D Em
Come back to me,
