Version 1: Using the strumming pattern is crucial to play the song like this
Version 2: For those of you who want play it with your own strumming pattern,
here is the simplified version.
Version 1:
[Intro]
Em C G
Fade in, start the scene
D C
Enter beautiful girl
Em C G
But things are not what they seem
D C Em
As we stand at the edge of the world
[Instrumental]
C G D C
Em C G D Em
[Verse 1]
Em Am Em
"Excuse me, sir
G
But I have plans to die tonight
D G D
Oh, and you are directly in my way
C G C
And I bet you're gonna say it's not right"
G Em
My reply:
"Excuse me, miss
G
But do you have the slightest clue
D
Of exactly what you just said to me
C G
And exactly who you're talking to?"
D
She said, "I don't care, you don't even know me"
G D G D C
I said, "I know but I'd like to change that soon, hopefully"
[Chorus]
Em C G D C
Yeah, we all flirt with the tiniest notion
Em C G D C
Of self conclusion in one simplified motion
Em C G D G
You see the trick is that you're never supposed to act on it
Em C G D C
No matter how unbearable this misery gets
[Instrumental]
Em C G D C Em
[Verse 2]
Em Am Em G
"You make it sound so easy to be alive
D
But tell me, how am I supposed to seize this day
C G
When everything inside of me has died?"
Em
My reply:
Em Am Em
"Trust me, girl
G
I know your legs are pleading to leap
D
But I offer you this easy choice
G C
Instead of dying, living with me"
G D G D
She said, "Are you crazy? You don't even know me."
G D G D C
I said, "I know, but I'd like to change that soon hopefully"
[Chorus]
Em C G D C
Yeah, we all flirt with the tiniest notion
Em C G D C
Of self conclusion in one simplified motion
Em C G D G
You see the trick is that you're never supposed to act on it
Em C G D C
No matter how unbearable this misery gets
[Instrumental]
Em C G D C Em
[Bridge]
Em C
I would be lying if I said that things would never get rough
G D C Em
And all this cliche motivation, it could never be enough
Em D C G
I could stand here all night trying to convince you
But what good would that do?
D C
My offer stands, and you must choose
[Instrumental]
G D Em G D G
[Verse 3]
G C G D
"Alright, you win, but I only give you one night
Em D G D
To prove yourself to be better than my attempt at flight
G D
I swear to God, if you hurt me, I will leap
Em D G
I will toss myself from these very cliffs
D G
And you'll never see it coming"
G D G D
"Settle, precious, I know what you're going through
G D G D C
Just ten minutes before you got here, I was gonna jump too"
[Chorus]
Em C G D C
Yeah, we all flirt with the tiniest notion
Em C G D C
Of self conclusion in one simplified motion
Em C G D G
You see the trick is that you're never supposed to act on it
Em C G D C
No matter how unbearable this misery gets
[Outro]
Em C G D C Em
Version 2:
[Intro]
Em C G
Fade in, start the scene
D C
Enter beautiful girl
Em C G
But things are not what they seem
D C Em
As we stand at the edge of the world
[Instrumental]
C G D
Em C G D
[Verse 1]
Em
"Excuse me, sir
G
But I have plans to die tonight
D
Oh, and you are directly in my way
C
And I bet you're gonna say it's not right"
G Em
My reply:
"Excuse me, miss
G
But do you have the slightest clue
D
Of exactly what you just said to me
C G
And exactly who you're talking to?"
G D G D
She said, "I don't care, you don't even know me"
G D G D C
I said, "I know but I'd like to change that soon, hopefully"
[Chorus]
Em C G D
Yeah, we all flirt with the tiniest notion
Em C G D
Of self conclusion in one simplified motion
Em C G D C
You see the trick is that you're never supposed to act on it
Em C G D
No matter how unbearable this misery gets
[Instrumental]
Em C G D
[Verse 2]
Em
"You make it sound
G
so easy to be alive
D
But tell me, how am I supposed to seize this day
C
When everything inside of me has died?"
G Em
My reply:
Em
"Trust me, girl
G
I know your legs are pleading to leap
D
But I offer you this easy choice
G C
Instead of dying, living with me"
G D G D
She said, "Are you crazy? You don't even know me."
G D G D C
I said, "I know, but I'd like to change that soon hopefully"
[Chorus]
Em C G D
Yeah, we all flirt with the tiniest notion
Em C G D
Of self conclusion in one simplified motion
Em C G D C
You see the trick is that you're never supposed to act on it
Em C G D
No matter how unbearable this misery gets
[Instrumental]
Em C G D
[Bridge]
Em C
I would be lying if I said that things would never get rough
G D C Em
And all this cliche motivation, it could never be enough
Em D C G
I could stand here all night trying to convince you
But what good would that do?
D C
My offer stands, and you must choose
[Instrumental]
G D Em
G D G
[Verse 3]
G C G D
"Alright, you win, but I only give you one night
Em D G D
To prove yourself to be better than my attempt at flight
G D
I swear to God, if you hurt me, I will leap
Em D G
I will toss myself from these very cliffs
D G
And you'll never see it coming"
G D G D
"Settle, precious, I know what you're going through
G D G D C
Just ten minutes before you got here, I was gonna jump too"
[Chorus]
Em C G D
Yeah, we all flirt with the tiniest notion
Em C G D
Of self conclusion in one simplified motion
Em C G D C
You see the trick is that you're never supposed to act on it
Em C G D
No matter how unbearable this misery gets
[Outro]
Em C G D
Em
