Key: C
Introduction:
Em Am Em F
He don't know I call him the teacher
Em Am Em F
He had hard lessons for the kid
Em B
I get I put you through hell
C Bm
He put me under the same spell
Am B Em
He lied man, he stressed me out
Em Am Em F
You loved me like a precious gift
Em Am Em F
And he loved me like a sloppy kiss
Em B
You would tell me your heartaches
C Bm
Now I understand the pain
Am B Em
Oh why did I let you drown
Am Bm Em
Baby would you believe
That I've been broken
Am Bm Em
You say memories
Play again and again
Am Bm Em
I see the reel now it's real to me
Em G F#
I gave up gold for grains of sand
F Em F
Slipping through my hand
Em F
Slipping through my hand
Em Am Em F
You had no problems with commitment
Em Am Em F
Like a king is loyal to what's his
Em B
You looked for a ring to fit
C Bm
While I played wifey with a kid
Am B Em
Oh the irony makes me sick
Em Am Em F
He tried to make me look crazy
Em Am Em F
Nothing new about his kind of scheme
Em B
I laugh when I think about
C Bm
His face when truth nearly spilled out
Am B Em
He looked like me I get that now
Am Bm Em
Baby would you believe
That I've been broken
Am Bm Em
You say memories
Play again and again
Am Bm Em
I see the reel now it's real to me
Em G F#
I gave up gold for grains of sand
F Em F
Slipping through my hand
Em F
Slipping through my hand
Em F
Slipping through my hand
Em F
Slipping through my hand
Am BmEm
Oooooooh
Am BmEm
Oooooooh
Am Bm Em
Baby would you believe
That I've been broken
Am Bm Em
You say memories
Play again and again
Am Bm Em
I see the reel now it's real to me
Em G F#
I gave up gold for grains of sand
F C Bm
Slipping through my hand
C Bm
Slipping through my hand
C Bm
Slipping through my hand, oooh
C Bm
Slipping through my hand
C Bm
Slipping through my hand, hand, hand
C Bm
Slipping through my hand, hand, hand
C Bm
Slipping through my hand, hand, hand
C Bm
Slipping through my hand, hand, hand