Key: Ab
Introduction:
Dsus4/F#
I build a house for love to grow
D/F# Em7
I was so young that it was hard to know
C9 G/B
I'm as lost now as I was back then
Am7 D4
Always make a mess of everything
G Dsus4/F#
It's about time that I face myself
D/F# Em7
All I do is bleed into someone else
C9 G/B
Painting walls with all my secret tears
Am7 D4
Filling rooms with all my hopes and fears
G Dsus4/F# Em7
But oh my, oh my
D C9
I'll never learn if I never leap
G/B Am7
I'll always yearn if I never speak
G Dsus4/F# C9
To be loved and love at the highest count
D/F# Em7 D64 C9
Means to lose all the things I can't live without
Cº G D/F# C9
Let it be known that I will choose to lose
D/F# Em7 D62
It's a sacrifice but I can't live a lie
C9 Cº G D/F# C9
Let it be known, let it be known that I tried
G Dsus4/F#
I'm so afraid but I'm open wide
D/F#
I'll be the one
Em7
to catch myself this time
C9 G/B
Trying to learn to lean into it all
Am7 D4
Ain't it funny how the mighty fall?
G Dsus4/F#
Looking back I don't regret a thing
D/F# Em7
Yeah, I took some bad turns that I am owning
C9 G/B
I'll stand still and let the storm pass by
Am7 D4
Keep my heart safe 'til the time feels right
G Dsus4/F# Em7
But oh my, oh my
D C9
I'll never learn if I never leap
G/B Am7
I'll always yearn if I never speak
G Dsus4/F# C9
To be loved and love at the highest count
D/F# Em7 D64 C9
Means to lose all the things I can't live without
Cº G D/F# C9
Let it be known that I will choose to lose
D/F# Em7 D62
It's a sacrifice but I can't live a lie
Cº Em Eb+
Let it be known that I cried for you
G A7
Even started lying to you
Am7 G/B
What a thing to do
C9 D4
All because I wanted
G Dsus4/F# C9
To be loved and love at the highest count
D/F# Em7 D64 C9
Means to lose all the things I can't live without
Cº G D/F# C9
Let it be known, known, known that I will choose, I will lose
D/F# Em7 D62
It's a sacrifice but I can't live a lie
C9
Let it be known
Cº G D/F# C9
Let it be known that I tri-------ed,
D/F# Em7 D62 C9
that I tri----------ed
Cº G
Let it be known that I tried