Key: G
Introduction:
G Bm
G
I won't forget the reasons
Bm
I went so far to love you
G
A man is most important
Bm
When he's unmoved by separation
G
And tries to match the tempo
Bm
In which death succeeds creation
G
Burning there to keep you
Bm
All I needed was some patience
C Bm
When you turned into a woman
G C
When I loved you as a child
C Bm
I wanted to protect you
G C D
From the things that made you smile
C G) D
My little alibi
D C G) D
Time couldn't change us but we tried
D C( G) D
My little alibi
D
I wanna see you cry
G Bm
Oohh oohh-oohh oohh
G Bm
Oohh oohh-oohh oohh
Am F C D
Oohh oohh-oohh oohh
C D
Oohh-oohh
G
I won't forget the reasons
Bm
I went so far to love you
G
The patterns in the trees and winds
Bm
Forgot themselves inside you
G
But I was not the wind
Bm
I was an anchor just to keep you
G
As clean, never fleeting
Bm
Like the innocence that bound you
C Bm
And I hate to say it
G C
But you were bad in every way
C Bm
I guess I had it coming
G C G) D
I feel it still today
C G) D
My little alibi
D C G) D
Time couldn't change us but we tried
D C( G) D
My little alibi
D
I wanna see you cry
G Bm
Oohh oohh-oohh oohh
G Bm
Oohh oohh-oohh oohh
Am F C D
Oohh oohh-oohh oohh
C D
Oohh-oohh
G
I won't forget the reasons
Bm
I went so far to love you
G
A man is most important
Bm
When he's unmoved by separation
G
And tries to match the tempo
Bm
In which death succeeds creation
G
Burning to keep you
Bm
All I needed was some patience
C Bm
As you turned into a woman
G C
When I loved you as a child
C Bm
I wanted to protect you
G C D
From the things that drove you wild
C G) D
My little alibi
D C G) D
Time couldn't change us but we tried
D C( G) D
My little alibi
D
I wanna see you cry
G Bm
Oohh oohh-oohh oohh (I wanna see you cry)
G Bm
Oohh oohh-oohh oohh
Am F C D
Oohh oohh-oohh oohh
C D
Oohh-oohh
G Bm
Oohh oohh-oohh oohh
G Bm
Oohh oohh-oohh oohh
Am F C D
Oohh oohh-oohh oohh
C D
Oohh-oohh