[Intro]
Gmadd4 Gmadd4 Gmadd4 Gmadd4
D7#5/F# D7#5/F# D7#5/F# D7#5/F#
Gmadd4 Gmadd4 Gmadd4 Gmadd4
D7#5/F# D7#5/F# D7#5/F# D7#5/F#
[Verse 1]
Gmadd4
Is this how I die?
D7#5/F#
Ridiculed and laughed at
Gmadd4 D7#5/F#
Wearing clown shoes
Gmadd4
Is this how I die?
D7#5/F#
Furious and reckless
Gmadd4 D7#5/F#
Sick with booze
Eb6/G Eb6
How did I live?
F7/Eb
I taste every wasted minute
Bb/D Bb7 Ebadd2 Cmadd4
Every time I turned away
Ebm6
From the things that might have healed me
Bbmaj7/D Ebadd2
How long have I been sleeping?
[Verse 2]
Gmadd4
Is this how I die?
D7#5/F#
Frightened like a child
Gmadd4 D7#5/F#
Lazy and numb
Cm11
Is this how I die?
Ebm(maj7) Ebm6
Pretending and preposterous
Gmadd4
And dumb
Ebadd2
How did I live?
F7/Eb
Was I kind enough and good enough?
Bb/D Bb7 Ebadd2 Cmadd4
Did I love enough?
Ebm6
Did I ever look up and see the moon
Ebm6
And the stars
Bb/F
And the sky?
Ebm6/Gb Bbadd2 Bb7
Oh why have I been sleeping?
[Chorus]
Eb D7
They say we are asleep
D7/F# Gm9 Gm9/D Ddim/F
Until we fall in love
Bbmaj13 Gm11/Eb Ebdim7/D Gm
We are children of dust and ashes
Cm9 F7
But when we fall in love we wake up
D11/F# Gm
And we are a God
Eb Bb Bb/F Dm7#5/Eb
And angels weep
Bb/F
But if I die here tonight
F7 Bb D7/F#
I die in my sleep
[Bridge]
Gm Gm6 Am6 C9/A
All of my life I spent searching the words
D9/Bb Bb+ C Dadd4/C
Of poets and saints and prophets and kings
Gm Gm6 Am6 C9/A
And now at the end all I know that I’ve learned
D9/Bb Bb+ C Dadd4/C
Is that all that I know is I don’t know a thing
Eb Bb
So easy to close off
D7 Gm
Place the blame outside
Eb Bb
Hiding in my room at night
D7 Gm
So terrified
Gm D7/F#
All the things I could have been
Ab/Eb Eb
But I never had the nerve
D7 Gm
Life and love
Bb/F F7 Bb G7/B
I don’t deserve
Cm G7
So all right, all right
Ab Eb
I’ve had my time
D7 Gm
Close my eyes
Cm/Eb Bb/F F7 Bb G7/B
Let the death bells chime
Cm Gmaj7
Bury me in burgundy
Ab Eb
I just don’t care
D7 Gm
Nothing’s left
Cm/Eb Bb/F F7 Bb
I looked everywhere
[Verse 3]
D7/F# Gm Gm/D
Is this how I die?
D7#5/F# D7#5 Gm Gm/D D7#5/F# D7#5
Was there ever any other way my life could be?
Cm7 Cm7/G
Is this how I die?
Ebm(maj7) Ebm(maj7)/Gb Gm Gm/D Gm
Such a storm of feelings inside of me?
Ebadd2
But then why am I screaming?
F7/Eb
Why am I shaking?
Bb/D Bb7 Ebadd2 Cm7
Oh God, was there something that I missed?
Ebm(maj7)
Did I squander my divinity?
Bb/F D7/F# Gm
Was happiness within me the whole time?
[Chorus]
N.C.
They say we are asleep
N.C.
Until we fall in love
N.C.
We are children of dust and ashes
N.C.
But when we fall in love we wake up
N.C.
And we are a God
N.C.
And angels weep
N.C.
But if I die here tonight
Bb Bb7
I die in my sleep
Eb D7
They say we are asleep
Gm Bb7add4
Until we fall in love
Eb
And I’m so ready
Ebm(maj7)
To wake up now
[Outro]
Bb7/D Ebm6 Bb/F
I want to wake up
Ebm6/Gb Abadd2 Bb7/D Ebm6 Bb/F Ebm6/Gb
Don’t let me die while I’m like this
Abadd2 Bb7/D Ebm6
I want to wake up
Bb/F Ebm6/Gb Abadd2 Bb7/D Ebm6 Bb/F Ebm6/Gb
God don’t let me die while I’m like this
Abadd2 Bb7/D Ebm6
Please let me wake up now
Bb/F Ebm6/Gb Abadd2 Adim7 Ebm6/Bb Ebm6/C
God don’t let me die while I’m like this
Bb7/D Ebm6 Bb7/F Ebm6/Gb
I’m ready
Ab13 Ebm6/Bb Ebm6/C Bb9/D B7/Eb
I’m ready
Bb Ebm6 Bb Ebm6 Cdim7 Bb
To wake up