Key: G
Introduction:
D G Em G
(verse 1)
D G Em G
i'd like to say, i make good use of my time while you've been away.
D G Em G D G Em G
and it's true, i've been at my piano everyday...thinking of you...
D G
they talk around, i hear them whisper,
Em G
its the funniest thing really they, think you're gone forever.
D G Em G
i know the truth its just, getting hard to believe it...
A G A C9
and they all tell me its over, even the stars are alligned and i,
(chorus)
D A Em
i follow the signs so clearly and still i fall in,
G
the quicksand's pulling me down.
D A Em
i follow the signs so clearly and still they catch me,
G
the quicksand's pulling me down.
D G Em G)
(verse 2)
D
i'm not the same,
G Em G
i can't sleep nights and now i'm calling your name when i do.
D G Em G
and yet without you they, say i get on better, and better, and better..
A G
when they all tell me it's over,
A C9
i'll damn the gods until the stars are alligned, and i,
(chorus)
D A Em
i follow the signs so clearly and still i fall in,
G
the quicksand's pulling me down.
D A Em
i follow the signs so clearly and still they catch me,
G Bm
the quicksand's pulling me down..
Bm G)
(bridge)
Bm
well look at my life and look at my face,
Bm G
can't you see my heart bleeding down my sleeve?
Bm
so you're holding my hand and holding my heart,
Bm G
but i just want to feel your breath inside me so i, can breathe.
Bm
somewhere in the distance i catch a spark, a grace,
Bm G
and hope for something that makes me feel like i'm alive.
Bm
it's never too soon, it's never too late, so i start screaming out, i,
(chorus)
D A Em
i follow the signs so clearly and still they catch me,
G
the quicksand's pulling me down
D A Em
i follow the signs so clearly and still i fall in,
G
the quicksand's pulling me down
D A Em
i know you can feel me rising and i'm on fire,
G D A Em G
keep on pulling me out...out..
D
look at my life and look at my face,
A Em G
and look where i've come to get to this place with you...
D A
being here to sit and lay at your feet and rest in your arms,
Em G
and listen to your heart beat...
D A Em G
ohhhhh, ohhhhh, ohhhhh.... x 4 (or as many as you like)