Tuned a whole step down (DGCFAD). All chords relative to standard tuning.
C - x32010
C/B - x20010
Am - x02210
F - x33210
G - 320010
[Intro]
Am C C/B (x3)
F G
Am C C/B (x3)
F G
[Verse]
Am F
Give me mercy and a minute now,
C
I'ma bleed a little poison out,
G
I'ma cry a little river down,
Am
Then I'm setting this whole thing on fire.
F
And I'm burning up the night she died,
C
I'm putting every last picture aside,
G
I'm gonna say what I need to say,
Am
In my very last letter to you.
F
Cause you always made it clear,
C
Said you'd never be my pain.
G
So here's to you and your bright baby blues,
Am
And just a pause to cool the refrain.
F
And you said you were satisfied,
C
That this body just weighted the tide.
G
And that you missed him sometimes, but you said
Am
it's alright, It's just a whole lot harder alone.
[Interlude]
Am G F (x3)
G
[Chorus]
C G
But I, I wish you knew her now,
Am
She's a better side of me now.
F
And I'm doing the best I can,
C
It's what you'da wanted.
G
And I see like you were there,
Am
And I know just how you'd smile,
F
Mary you looked just like,
F
It was 1930 that night.
[Verse]
Am F
But here the days will eat you alive,
C
But I won't give in tonight.
G
You said it's not worth my time,
Am
And not to regard them.
F
And not to settle just for piece of mind,
C
I could wait it out all night.
G
If I just keep breathing
Am F
....But Mary I found the sound,
C
And if this heart keeps pouring it out
G
The glory hasn't come, and it's probably gonna fade,
Am
Like a tattoo that hides the shame.
F
And the reasons always fade,
C
And the pain gives out some day,
G
So I'm saying my goodbyes to your deep blue eyes,
Am G F
Cause I don't know how to say
Am G F
Stay still in the pain,
Am G F G
"Stay still in the pain."
[Chorus]
C G
But I, I wish you knew her now,
Am
She's a better side of me now.
F
And I'm doing the best I can,
C
It's what you'da wanted.
G
And I see like you were there,
Am
And I know just how you'd smile,
F
Mary you looked just like,
F
It was 1930 that night.
[Interlude]
C
C G F
[Bridge]
C G Am
And if I recall the last thing you said to me,
C G
Before it broke up,
F
before it took you from me.
[Outro]
C G Am
You said I love you more than the stars in the sky,
C G F
But your na--aa--ame just escapes me tonight.
C G Am
You said I love you more than the stars in the sky,
C G F C
But your na--aa--ame just escapes me tonight.
