Capo on Fret 3
Here is a video of me playing this tab; you can hear how it sounds and get the rhythm:
http://youtu.be/SXuLsybVd70
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[Intro]
( C G Am G F )
[Verse 1]
( Am G C F Am G F )
Am
on the edges of the sharpest knives
G
in the middle of the darkest nights
C
always knew that i would find you here
F
in a puddle of the bravest tears
Am
i've seen enough to know
G F
it's lonely where you are
[Pre-Chorus 1]
( C F G )
C F
above the crowd, feet dangling
G
from a rooftop
C
she waits from ledges
F G
for a voice to talk her down
[Chorus 1]
( C G Am G F )
and nothing matters but the
C
pain when you're alone
G
the never-ending nights
when you're awake
Am
when you're praying
G F
that tomorrow it's ok
there will be a time to
C
crack another smile
G
maybe not today or for awhile
Am
but we're holding on to
G F
laugh again someday
laugh again someday
[Verse 2]
( Am G C F Am G F )
Am
all that matters is the time we had
G
doesn't matter how it all went bad
C
never wonder what it might be like
F
shut the door, say goodbye
Am
when faced with tragedy
G F
we come alive or come undone
[Pre-Chorus 2]
( C F G )
C
don't look back
F G
let it shape you like an ocean
C
even the deepest scars
F G
in time will fade
[Chorus 2]
( C G Am G F )
and nothing matters but the
C
pain when you're alone
G
or the nights when your awake
Am G F
praying that tomorrow it's ok
there will be a time
C
to crack another smile
G
maybe not today or for awhile
Am
but we're holding on
G F
to laugh again someday
Am
but we're holding on
G F
to laugh again someday
[Post-Chorus]
( C F Am G C F G F )
C G
C F
sometimes you have to go back
Am G
to know just where you have been
C
but we're old enough
F
to know that
G
what has been will be again
F
and again
[Bridge]
( F G Am C F G )
G Am C F G Am C
F G
and the bravest of faces
Am C
are the ones where we fake it
F G
in the roles that we play
[Chorus 3]
( C G Am G F )
but nothing matters when
C
the pain is all but gone
G
when you are finally awake
Am G
despite the overwhelming odds;
F
tomorrow came
and when they see
C
you crack a smile
G
and you decide to stay awhile
Am
you'll be ready then
F
to laugh again
nothing matters but the pain
C
we are tragedy
G
we are sympathy
Am G F
you see what you want to see
C
we are misery
G
and distant memories
Am G F
but we all learn to laugh again