Intro: Fm  Cm  Db  Eb Cm
 
Verse 1:
Fm                    Cm
Breathe the air again
Cm                    Db
It's a beautiful day
Db
I wish this moment would stay
Eb
With the earth
     Cm     Fm
Some primal paradise
Fm                     Cm
But there you go again
Cm                      Db
Saying everything ends
                             Eb
Saying you can't depend on anything
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Or anyone
 
Chorus:
Fm                Ab         Db
If the end of the world was near
Ab                Eb        Fm
Where would you choose to be?
             Db   Ab    Eb
If there was five more minutes
    C
Of air
           Db
Would you panic and hide?
   Ab
Or run for your life?
   Eb                              Db
Or stand here and spend it with me?
          Ab    Eb    Fm
If we had five more minutes
Db       Eb                Fm
Would I, could I make you happy?
 
Verse 2:
Fm                       Cm
And we would live again
Cm                       Db
In the simplest of ways
Db
Living day after day
Eb          Cm     Fm
Like some primal animals
Fm                  Cm
We would love again
Cm                  Db
Under glorious suns
                            Eb
With the freedom that comes with the truth

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Chorus:
Fm                Ab         Db
If the end of the world was near
Ab                Eb        Fm
Where would you choose to be?
             Db   Ab    Eb
If there was five more minutes
    C
Of air
           Db
Would you panic and hide?
   Ab
Or run for your life?
   Eb                              Db
Or stand here and spend it with me?
          Ab    Eb    Fm
If we had five more minutes
Db       Eb                Fm
Would I, could I make you happy?
 
 Bridge:
Fm                    Cm
So it finally came to pass
Cm                         Db
I saw the end of the world
Db
Saw the madness unfold
Eb         Cm     Fm
Like some primal burial
                       Cm
And I looked back upon
     Db
Armageddon
                                Cm      Db
And the moment of truth between you and me
 
Interlude:
Cm Db Cm Db
Oh...
 
Outro:
          -nc-      Fm
If we had five more minutes
   Db     Eb
Of air to breathe
       Ab     Eb   Fm
And we cried all through it
        Db             Eb
But you spend them with me
       Ab    Eb   Fm
On our last few drags
   Db     Eb
Of air we agree
Db         Eb        Fm
I was, and you were, happy