[Intro]
With fingerpicking pattern
FM7 | Am | FM7 | Gadd11 Am | Gadd11 Am
[Verse 1]
FM7 Am
Out in the back lived a stranger who would call me night and day
Gadd11 Am
His sight upon my head until I lay into my bed.
FM7 Am
And as the sun quickly faded down and into rain
Gadd11 Am Gadd11 Am
Whether I was out in Switzerland or Spain, stuck in my head.
[Chorus 1]
FM7 G C E Am
And as the nights grow longer, and as the day follows the way
FM7 G Am Gadd11 Am
My heart just keeps on getting stronger; that's the price I'll have to pay.
[Break]
FM7 | Gadd11 Am | Gadd11 Am
[Verse 2]
FM7 Am
And then I say, I have a feeling that I'm a Conquistador
Gadd11 Am
'Cause I got everything I wanted to and more, "Oh I'm the best."
FM7 Am
But then I sit down and I let my heart speak to me and pour
Gadd11 Am
For it to realize I'm just a troubadour; I'm just her guest.
[Chorus 2]
FM7 G C E Am
And as I'm held by a finger, I'm too in love to break away.
FM7 G Am Gadd11 Am Gadd11 Am
My heart just keeps on getting stronger; that's the price I'll have to pay.
[Bridge]
C G C Em
Well that stranger that I told you, I know his name:
Am FM7 E
He's called shattered dreams, he's called broken heart - the future is insane.
C G C Em
He lives in my memories, he's part of my past.
Am FM7 Gadd11
I don't wanna lose this game I'm playing that is going by so fast.
[Solo]
FM7 | Am | FM7 | Gadd11 Am | Gadd11 Am
[Verse 3]
FM7 Am
And as I learn and I accept the fate that will end up with me,
Gadd11 Am
God will say the words and I will come and see; it'll be the end.
FM7 Am
But until that day, I wanna have her close and hold her in my dreams,
Gadd11 Am
It's like the paradise of where I've never been, oh that she's mine.
FM7 Am
Until it breaks, and you realize you lost all that you had,
Gadd11 Am Gadd11 Am
Begging for forgiveness, to her eyes you're mad, it hangs on the line.
[Chorus 3]
FM7 G C E Am
Well I turned the daylight somber, but she keeps it from display.
FM7 G Am Gadd11 Am
She looks in my eyes, says, "No longer don't you suffer or you'll pay."
FM7 G C E Am
I look at her, whisper, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to break away."
FM7 G Am Gadd11 Am
My love just keeps on getting stronger, but that's the price I'll have to pay.
[Outro]
Gadd11 Am
That's the price I'll have to pay.
Gadd11 Am
That's the price I'll have to pay.
Gadd11 Am
I'll have to pay.