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