Key: C
Introduction:
C G D/F# Em
And honestly, I have been begging for answers
D C
That you and only you can give to me
G D/F# Em
A voice crying loud I've been crying for days now
D C
And as I start to run, I stop to breathe
(And I was nearly scared to death)
G D/F#
And I was nearly scared to death
Em
(Why you left in paragraphs)
D
Why you left in paragraphs
C
(The words were nearly over us)
G D/F#
The words were nearly over us
Em D
You stop and turn and grab your bags
G
And I'll be here by the ocean
Just waiting for proof that there's
C
sunsets and silhouette dreams
D/F# Em
All my sand castles fall
D/F# G
like the ashes of cigarettes
C D/F#
And every waves drags me to sea
G
I could stand here for hours
Just to ask God the question
C
"Is everyone here make-believe?"
D/F# Em
With a tear in His voice
D/F# G
He said, "Son, that's the question."
C
Does this deafening silence
D
mean nothing to no one but me?
C D/F#
As hours move to minutes
And minutes take longer to break
C G D/F#
So let me think of to word it
Em D
Is it too soon to say 'perfect'?
C G D/F#
If I could find another thirty minutes somewhere
Em
I'm sure everything would find me
D
All that's left is just to sing
G
And I'll be here by the ocean
Just waiting for proof that there's
Em
sunsets and silhouette dreams
C
All my sand castles fall
D/F#
like the ashes of cigarettes
D Em D/F#
And every waves drags me to sea
G
I could stand here for hours
Just to ask God the question
Em
"Is everyone here make-believe?"
C
With a tear in His voice
He said, "Son, that's the question.
D
Does this deafening silence
mean nothing to no one but me?
C G
And you'll sing to me sweet until then
C G
I may never sail Virginia again
C D
Alas this current moves slow for me
B/D# Em C
this much you must know...we'll meet again
C(hold)
C
Tell me once again that you
Em D/F#
will love me till the death
G
And should I die, you swear
D C
that you will come for me
Em D
As I fade away, you reach out your arms
C
(And please don't let me go)
Em D/F# G D
And please don't let me go
C
(And please don't let me go)
Em D/F# G D
And please don't let me go
G
And I'll be here by the ocean
Just waiting for proof that there's
Em
sunsets and silhouette dreams
C
All my sand castles fall
D/F#
like the ashes of cigarettes
D Em D/F#
And every waves drags me to sea
G
I could stand here for hours
Just to ask God the question
Em
"Is everyone here make-believe?"
C
With a tear in His voice
He said, "Son, that's the question."
D
Does this deafening silence
mean nothing to no one but me?