So Far From Real

Key: [F]

Chords used:

Part 1: palm muted
e|-----1-1-0-1-0---|
B|-1-1-----------1-|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------| repeat many times
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|

Part 2:[Bb]--[C]--[Dm]--[F] x3, [Bb]--[C]--[F]--[C]

[Dm]  There’s nothing that I can [C]say
To make you want to s[Dm]tay
here with me for[C]ever
[Dm]  There’s nothing that I can [C]do
To make you want me [Dm]like
I need you [C]to I need you to

[Bb]  Just give me [C]one last
chance to [Dm]say this[F]
[Bb]  Just give me [C]one last chance
to [Dm]say what’s [F]on my [Bb]mind
And [C]I will get it [F]right
[Bb]  If I could only get my [C]head above
the water for a [F]moment of your time
[Bb]  But you seem so strong and [C]I
can’t hold my breath for long
Have you [F]ever tried
to s[C/E]cream under[Dm]water?   [C]

Post Chorus 1:
You’ll [Bb]choke[C]  [Dm]     [F]
You’ll [Bb]choke[C]  [Dm]     [F]

[Bb]--[C]--[F]--[C]

[Dm]  You said I always sang too
[C]loud to sing you a love song
[Dm]  Well, I save my soft voice for
the [C]things I really mean
[Dm]  You always said I had a [C]hard
time saying what’s on my [Dm]mind
Well here it goes
I [C]hate you for what
you’ve done to me

(Repeat Chorus)

Post Chorus 2:
You’ll [Dm]choke[Bb]   [C]
You’ll [Dm]choke[Bb]   [C]

[Dm]--[Bb]-[C] x2

Bass Lines: [Dm]--[Bb]-[C] x2

[Dm]--[Bb]-[C] x2

[F]  When the last word’s been [C]said
and the last tear’s [Bb]been shed[Dm]
[C]I will [Bb]miss you, [Dm]miss [C]you my [F]friend
And I can’t tell you [C]lies
Even after [Bb]all these years[Dm]   [C]
[Bb] [Dm] [C] [F](hold) [C] [Bb], [F]--[C]--[Bb]--- repeat until fade
I still cry


2.) Killing Me

Key: [Eb]

Chords used:

I wonder [Eb]where you are
[Ab]Please don’t come
around tonight
cause [Eb]I can’t stand to see
you and [Ab]I don’t want to fight
Gimme [Eb]one more
drink and I swear
I think I'll be [Ab]ready to make
the same mistakes [Eb]again with you

[Cm]-[Ab]-[Eb]-[Bb]-[Fm]-[Bb] x4

[Cm]  I [Ab]finally [Eb]fi-[Bb]gured [Fm]out [Bb]that
[Cm]you’re not [Ab]coming [Eb]back[Bb]   [Fm]      [Bb]
[Cm]   [Ab]   [Eb]and I'm [Bb]not [Fm]go-[Bb]ing [Cm]any[Ab]where[Eb]   [Bb]      [Fm]         [Bb]
[Cm]  You were the one with all the
faith how did you let it slip a[Bb]way?
That’s right, I'm
blaming this all on you
and the little
things you didn’t [Ab]do
We both knew that
you were stronger
could have fought
a little longer
[Bb]  You didn’t hold
it tight enough
You lost your grip and I slipped
right through your fingers

[Eb]  No more s[Cm]leepless nights a[Bb]lone
This bed is better without you
[Eb]  No more [Cm]waiting up for [Bb]calls
I've got nothing left to say to you

[Ab]

[Cm]  Tell [Ab]me a[Eb]gain [Bb]a--[Fm]bout
[Bb]those [Cm]better [Ab]days[Eb]   [Bb]      [Fm]         [Bb]
[Cm]  This [Ab]silence [Eb]hurts [Bb]me [Fm]more
[Bb]than [Cm]any[Ab]thing [Eb]you could [Bb]say[Fm]   [Bb]
[Cm]  Broken knuckles broken heart
I fell in love then fell a[Bb]part
You tried to run I tried to
hide still we managed to col[Ab]lide
Fell so hard matching scars
Held you close felt so [Bb]far
Hearts beating out of time
You’re screaming with
no reason and no rhyme

(Repeat Chorus)

Post chorus:
[Ab]  So [Cm]I will [Bb]save this [Ab]last breath
for [Cm]words that [Bb]I won’t s[Ab]cream
[Cm]I don’t [Bb]feel like [Ab]dying
           (Repeat Intro Riff)
but you’re killing me

[Fm]  Just when the wounds start healing
[Eb/G]  you’re there to break me open
[Bb]  Watch the blood spill
I’m getting used to this
I'll clean it in the morning

(Repeat Chorus and Post chorus)

I wonder [Eb]where you are
[Ab]Please don’t come
around tonight
cause [Eb]I can’t stand to see
you and [Ab]I don’t want to fight
Gimme [Eb]one more
drink and I swear
I think I'll be [Ab]ready to make
the same mistakes [Eb]again without [Ab]you


3.) Something Beautiful

Key: [Ab]

Chords used:

Bbm-F

[Fm]faded away like
the color in a [C#]blue sky
at the [Ab]end of the [Eb]day
[Fm]night falls
and the search begins
for [C#]something
[Ab]something [Bbm]better than this

s[Fm]cream or a cry
the truth or a lie
i'm [C#]not sure they will
[Ab]save us [Eb]this time
[Fm]i don't wanna be around
when it [C#]all comes down
to watch [Ab]something
[Eb]beautiful die

[Ab]you said the only way is to [C#]run away
you're sick of me so you [Fm]just can't
stick around to hear
me [C#]pleading i'm pleading
does [Ab]it show, i'm pathetic [C#]i know
i just cant stand
here [Fm]watch you go
i'm running after [C#]you
i'm running after you

[Fm]helpless cuz my
hands are tied
eyelids [C#]pinned back so
they're [Ab]opened [Eb]wide
in a [Fm]theater all alone
in the [C#]front row
to watch [Ab]something
[Bbm]beautiful die

(Repeat Refrain adn chorus)

G

[Ab]  what happened to
the things that we used to do
[C#]  you said its all the same
and that you needed a change
[Bbm]  you left without good-bye
and now i'm wonderin [C#]why...
i dont think i wanna know...
[Ab]all the things he does better
[C#]how the past just doesnt matter
you [Bbm]left me once this
time will be the [C#]last time

(Repeat Chorus)

[Bbm]  look for the [C#]feeling that we [Ab]lost
where'd you have it [Bbm]last
maybe if [C#]we retrace our s[Ab]teps
but we cant find the [Bbm]path
that led us [C#]here to
where we s[Ab]tand
[Bbm]face to face to [C#]watch
this bitter [Ab]end
now something
beautiful is [Fm]dead[Fm]   [Fm]      [Fm]


4.) If You Go

Key: [C]

Chords used:

C--Dm--F x4

Guitar 2:
e|---3---0---0-----
B|-1---1---3---3-1-
G|-----------------
A|-----------------
E|-----------------

[G]  It’s kinda [F]sad that I[G] have learned
to [F]deal with things like [G]this
Being s[F]trong means being [G]heartless[F]
Tell me [C]how do the scars
feel after the wounds heal?
Did it [Dm]burn when they cauterized?
Did it [Am]show that you
were hiding the hurt inside?
Do your eyes still
shine as bright as
they [F]did the days when
you were at your best?

[Em]If you [F]run a[G]way from me
I’m not [Am]running [F]after [G]you
(Cause I’m so tired)
[Em]If you [F]turn a[G]way from
this [Am]don’t [F]look [G]back
(Cause I’ll be gone)

If [C]you go then I'll forget you
When [G]you’re gone I won’t miss you
I’m [Am]sorry that’s just the way
I’ve [F]learned to deal
with a broken heart
(Repeat)

Post Chorus: [G]-[Am]-[F]

And [G]broken [Em]promi[F]ses

G-Am-F--G-Em-F

[C]  It’s been a long time since I’ve
seen you and longer since we’ve [Dm]talked
And the last thing that
I said was I had nothing [Am]to say
Now I’m choking on my words
All the things I didn’t [F]say
that could have made it all ok

Now that you’re [G]all alone
and feeling sorry for yourself
[F]Did it make sense to [C]lie to me
and de[G]ceive me like you [F]did?

(Repeat Refrain 1 and Chorus and Post chorus)

(Repeat Intro but only twice)

Tell me, [C]how do the s[Dm]cars
feel [F]after the wounds heal?
Did it [C]burn when they [Dm]caute[F]rized?
Did it [C]show that you
were hiding the [Dm]hurt inside?
Do your [F]eyes still shine as
bright as they [C]did the
days when [Dm]you were at your [F]best?

[G]How do the s[F]cars feel
[G]after the [F]wounds heal?
Did it [G]burn when
they [F]caute[G]rized?

(Repeat to fade)


5.) My Everything

Key: [E]

Chords used:

C

[C#m]I still miss you [A]I still care
sometimes I [B]swear you're still here
[C#m]Do you miss me? [A]Do you care?
Does it hurt that [B]I'm not there?
[C#m]Told me you [A]need something [B]better
What is better than love?
[C#m]Told me you [A]need something [B]new
But all I need is

[A]you to [C#m]feel the
[A]way you [C#m]make me feel

[E]  I never meant to [C#m]hurt you
never meant to [B]say those things
never meant to [A]write them down
in a [E]song about the way it used to [C#m]be
It used to [B]be so good
You used to [A]be my everything

Post Chorus 1: C

[C#m]I just want you [A]to know
that I'm just [B]fine on my own
[C#m]Do you want me [A]to know
that you hate [B]being alone?
[C#m]Did you [A]think I would [B]fall for
this over again we're repeating
[C#m]Did you [A]think I would [B]crawl back
crawl back one more

[A]time to [C#m]feel[A] the [C#m]way I feel

(Repeat Chorus)

Post chorus 2: A----

Bass lines: C

[C#m]  How's your hand?
My eyes healed nicely
[A]  How's the time
pass [B]by without me?
[C#m]  I hope this hurts like hell
cause why should you be fine?
[C#m]  How's your hand?
My eyes healed nicely
How's the time
pass by without me?
I hope this hurts like hell
cause [A]why should you be fine?
(Repeat)

[C#m]Told me you [A]need something [B]better
What is better than love?
[C#m]Told me you [A]need something [B]new
But all I need is you
[C#m]Did you [A]think I would [B]fall for
this over again we're repeating
[C#m]Did you [A]think I would [B]crawl back
crawl back one more time to feel

(Repeat Chorus)

C


6.) Taste Of Tears

Key: [Ab]

Chords used:

e|---------
B|-4-------
G|----3--5-
D|---------
A|---------
E|---------

Then Fm--C

[Fm]  Standing on my [C#]doorstep in the rain
[Fm]  Make-up running [C#]down your face
[Fm]  You look so [C#]good right now
It’s [Eb]bittersweet that you run to me
[Fm]  I need you[C#] I bleed you
[Fm]  I would give [C#]up breathing for you
[Fm]  If you would [C#]take my
breath and [Eb]hold it in
I need to be

In[Ab]side of you
Show me where it [Bbm]hurts
Show me what love’s [Fm]done to you
Don’t try to move you’ll [Eb]only
make it worse than it is al[Ab]ready
You had to be so s[Bbm]trong
and I had to be so [Fm]useless
I’m always fucking [Eb]useless
useless without you

[Fm]  Tears ran [C#]down your face
Like[Fm] rain on the [C#]window
you were [Fm]looking out[C#]
What were you [Eb]looking for?
I won’t ask tonight
[Fm]  I need this[C#] just one kiss
[Fm]  A gentle [C#]touch
your sweet caress
[Fm]  My heart would [C#]break
my ribs if I [Eb]hold this in
I must confess

I [Fm]hate myself
for needing this
I [Eb]love our
twisted little mess
I [Fm]know it’s wrong
but it just feels right
The [Eb]taste of tears
is bittersweet

To[Ab]night
Show me where it [Bbm]hurts
Show me what love’s [Fm]done to you
Don’t try to move you’ll [Eb]only
make it worse than it is al[Ab]ready
You had to be so s[Bbm]trong
and I had to be so [Fm]useless
I’m always fucking [Eb]useless
useless without you

[Fm]  I’m scared as [C#]hell
[Fm]  It’s about [C#]time that I tel[Fm]l you all
the [C#]things that you should [Fm]know
All the things [C#]I’m too scared to show
[Fm]  I need you[C#] I bleed you
[Fm]  I would give [C#]up breathing for you
[Fm]  If you would [C#]take my
breath and [Eb]hold it in

(Repeat Refrain)

To[Ab]night
Show me where it [Bbm]hurts
Show me what love’s [Fm]done to you
Don’t try to move you’ll [Eb]only
make it worse than it is al[Ab]ready
You had to be so s[Bbm]trong
and I had to be so [Fm]useless
I’m always fucking [Eb]useless
useless without[Ab] you


7.) Still Breathing

Key: [Eb]

Chords used:

[Ab]  Tear me [Bb]open at the [Cm]seams
Take everything you [Ab]need
Take my [Bb]heart if you like the [Cm]beat
Take my lungs if it’s hard
to breathe to [Ab]breathe[Bb]   [Cm]

Eb-Bb/D-G
Eb-Bb/D-G

“[Eb]I’m [Bb/D]not  [Ab]cold” she said
But she’s [Bb]shaking
As she’s [Cm]lying next to me naked
Pulled the [Ab]hair back from her [Bb]face
To let that s[Cm]mile heat this place
And this [Ab]feels so far from [Bb]real
I’m lost and I [Cm]love it

[Eb]I  [Bb/D]can’t [Ab]take it
[Eb]If [Bb/D]you’re [Bb]waiting
[Eb]I  [Bb/D]am   [Cm]ready to [Bb]tell the [Ab]world
A[Eb]bout [Bb/D]a    [Ab]girl who [Eb]showed [Bb/D]me
[Bb]Love again [Eb]for [Bb/D]the  [Cm]first time
And it’s everything I dreamed of

[Eb]  Tell me what you [Eb/G]thought about
When you were breathing [Bb]oh so loud
Screaming oh so [Eb]loud
Tell me if [Eb/G]this is real
I [Bb]need to know before
I [Eb]get [Bb/D]too  [Cm]close

So [Eb]here [Bb/D]we   [Ab]lie in this beautiful [Bb]mess
Of tangled [Cm]sheets and beads of sweat
With my heart in your [Ab]hand
My neck in the [Bb]other
Should I be s[Cm]cared or
should I come closer?
But it’s still [Ab]beating
and I'm still [Bb]breathing
You haven’t [Cm]hurt me yet

(Repeat Refrain)

[Eb]  Tell me what you [Eb/G]thought about
When you were breathing [Bb]oh so loud
Screaming oh so [Eb]loud
Tell me if [Eb/G]this is real
I [Bb]need to know before
I get too  close

[Ab]  Morning always
[Bb]comes too quick
When [Cm]you’re around
When you’re around
[Ab]  You leave me lying [Bb]here
So they [Cm]don’t find us out
They’ll find us out
[Ab]  Tear me [Bb]open at the [Cm]seams
Take everything you [Ab]need
Take my [Bb]heart if
you like the [Cm]beat
Take my lungs if
it’s hard to [Ab]breathe[Bb]
to [Cm]breathe

(Repeat Refrain 1)

[Eb]I  [Bb/D]can’t [Ab]take it
[Eb]If [Bb/D]you’re [Bb]waiting
[Eb]I  [Bb/D]am   [Cm]ready to [Bb]tell the [Ab]world
A[Eb]bout [Bb/D]a    [Ab]girl who [Eb]showed [Bb/D]me
[Bb]Love again [Eb]for [Bb/D]the  [Eb]first time


8.) I'll Cry Tomorrow

Key: [F#]

Chords used:

F

[F#]  Wake me when it’s [Abm]over
I [Ebm]don’t feel much
like crying tonight
[F#]  Please tell me that
you’re [Abm]leaving
I [Ebm]don’t feel much like
holding you tight

[F#]  I love you [Abm]even though I [Ebm]hate

this thing that we've become
[F#]  I need you [Abm]even though
I can [Ebm]live without this

[B]  I know that [F#]I should
probably [C#]hurt so bad
But [Ebm]I can’t feel a [B]thing
I know that [F#]I should
probably [C#]say something
But [Ebm]I can barely [B]breathe
And I am [F#]sorry if I’m
[C#]giving up too [Ebm]easy
I [B]just don’t have the
s[F#]trength to fight no [C#]more

[F#]  My throat is sore
from [Abm]pleading
I [Ebm]don’t feel much
like singing tonight
[F#]  If I can stop
the [Abm]bleeding
I [Ebm]know that I
will be alright

(Repeat Refrain and Chorus)

[Ebm]I'll forget your bitter [B]taste
when you pull your lips away
[Ebm]I'll forget the way you [B]feel
and the chill of your embrace
[Ebm]I'll forget the way you [B]look
don’t wanna remember your face
[Ebm]Let’s just cut this clean to[C#]night
and maybe I'll cry

to[F#]morrow "Explain
the [Abm]way you feel"
you [Ebm]said to me
[F#]  I simply [Abm]feel nothing and
[Ebm]honestly I'd like to leave

(Repeat Refrain and Chorus)


9.) Promise Me

Key: [Eb]

Chords used:

Eb--, Eb--Bb--Cm--G

And if this is a [Eb]game
well I don't wanna [Bb]play
It means too much to [Cm]me
and you're so [Ab]far away
[Eb]  Well I will wait for [Bb]you
we could see this [Cm]through
Now it's up to you please [Ab]tell
                     (hold)
me you feel the same way too

Eb--Bb--Cm--G

[Eb]  Simple [Fm]touch a look in you're [Gm]eye
Sound and [Ab]voice they do
some[Eb]thing to me I've [Fm]never felt
But [Gm]I don't ever [Ab]want to leave
[Eb]  It's like this hap[Fm]pened
to me [Gm]once a[Ab]gain
[Bb]Things were [Eb]rumbling
before it star[Fm]ted
Another [Gm]goodbye
un[Ab]less you wanna

[Eb]Try[Bb]   [Cm]      [Ab]
And I promise you I'll [Eb]try[Bb]   [Cm]      [Ab]

(Repeat Chorus and Interlude but only once)

[Eb]  Warm em[Fm]brace it's been a [Gm]while
since I've [Ab]seen your pretty
[Eb]face If you'd [Fm]let me don't
think I'd [Gm]ever leave [Ab]this place
[Eb]  Every shared [Fm]night
just [Gm]feels so [Ab]right
[Bb]When I [Eb]wake up with you
in [Fm]my arms s[Gm]taring into [Ab]my eyes

(Repeat Refrain)
(Repeat Chorus except last 2 words)

Same [Bb]way[Cm]   [Ab]
(Repeat x4)
         [Eb] [Bb] [Cm] [Ab] x2
Same way too

(Repeat Refrain)
(Repeat Chorus)

end on Eb


10.) Shooting Stars

Key: [C#]

Chords used:
[Ab]/[C] - x365xx

Bass Lines: C

Guitar Riff:
e|-------4---------
B|-2-1-2---2-1-2-4-
G|-----------------
D|----------------- Do many times
A|-----------------
E|-----------------

[C#]  I know it’s been a long time
[F#]  You’ve lost that look in your eye
[Ebm]  The one that told me
every[F#]thing was fine without a [B]word
[C#]  But now we’re standing face to [F#]face
with nothing left to
[Ebm]say but goodbye to [F#]yesterday

[Bbm]I don’t know if I can make it
[Ab]I don’t know if I’m that strong
[F#]I don’t know where we
went wrong but [Ab]somehow it’s over
[Bbm]In my mind I see you clearly
[Ab]In my dreams I feel you near me
[F#]I want to know does
this [Ab]feeling go away?

[C#]  Like shooting s[Ebm]tars we
shine and [F#]then we fade
breaking the [Ab]pro-[Bbm]mi--[B]ses w[Ab]e  [C]   [C#]made            [F#]               [Ebm]
[F#]What a[Ab]bout the [C#]promises?[F#]   [Ebm]
[F#]What a[Ab]bout the [C#]promises [F#]we made?[Ebm]
[F#]What a[Ab]bout our [C#]plans for for[F#]ever?
Did they s[Ebm]care you?
Did [F#]you need to [Ab]get away?

(Repeat Intro but only once)

C
    You taught me many things
Like [F#]how- it- feels- to [Ebm]miss
someone so-- bad it
[F#]feels like, a part
of you [B]is [C#]mis-sing
I can tell you [F#]one thing
Now that you have [Ebm]gone, I
never will, for-[F#]get you
(hold)
  You left your mark

(Repeat Refrain)

C

When [Bbm]I have gone and [Ab]you’ve
moved on will you re[F#]member me?
(Repeat)

Bbm--G

[C#]  Like shooting s[Ebm]tars we
shine and [F#]then we fade
breaking the [Ab]pro-[Bbm]mi--[B]ses w[Ab]e  [C]   [C#]made            [F#]               [Ebm]
[F#]What a[Ab]bout the [C#]promises?[F#]   [Ebm]
[F#]What a[Ab]bout the [C#]promises [F#]we made?[Ebm]
[F#]What a[Ab]bout our [C#]plans for for[F#]ever?
Did they s[Ebm]care you?
Did [F#]you need to [Ab]get a[F#]way?


11.) Shine

Key: [Bb]

Chords used:

Gm--F--Eb--F x4

[Gm]  Just for that moment
time stood still
Nothing mattered but the
[Eb]thrill of things to [F]come
And never [Eb]knowing
where you’re [F]going
[Gm]  A little nervous
and out of practice
Sweaty palms and an
awkward silience
You [Eb]pulled me
closer [F]for a kiss
[Eb]I'm so scared to [F]feel
like, feel like this

Pre Refrain 1:
[Gm]   [F]  [Eb]   [F]  Can’t stop my [Gm]hands
from shaking[F]
(Can’t stop my
[Eb]hands from shaking)[F]

[Gm]  I won’t blink
cause I might miss
And I've waited way
too long for this
The [Eb]perfect words at
the [F]perfect time
The [Eb]perfect song with
the [F]perfect rhyme
Compose the soundtrack
to our night
Are you listening?

[Bb]  Tonight the [Cm]world will wait for
[Eb]us to say it’s ok to move again
[Bb]  The stars will [Cm]have to find
a[Eb]nother sky to shed some light

Post Chorus 1:
[Gm]  Cause this is [F]our time to [Eb]shine

[Gm]  Is there some place
we could go to be alone?
[Eb]One last thing be[F]fore you go
A [Eb]little song to [F]let you know
That [Gm]I never wanted to be anything
but [Eb]everything, to [F]you my dear
But I s[Eb]poke too soft
for you to [F]hear me say

Pre Refrain 2:
[Gm]   [F]  [Eb]   [F] "I wish that [Gm]I could stay"[F]  [Eb]     [F]

(Repeat refrain and Chorus)

Post Chorus 2:
[Gm]  Cause this is [F]our time to [Eb]shine
[Gm]  Cause this is [F]our time to [Eb]shine

Gm--Eb-G

[Gm]  And though it’s our last night
Let’s make it a [Eb]life[Ab]time
before the [Bb]sun comes [Cm]up ag[Gm]ain
I know this is goodbye
I promise I [Eb]won’t [Ab]cry
if you [Bb]promise you [Cm]won’t forget
[Gm]  And though it’s our last night
Let’s make it a [Eb]lifetime
before the [Bb]sun comes [Cm]up a[Gm]gain
I know this is goodbye
I promise I [Eb]won’t cry
if you [Bb]promise you [Cm]won’t forget

(Repeat Chorus till fade)