Intro: Dm Am Bb Dm Am Bb Dm F Dm Verse 1: F C Dm Am Bb It's not the long, flowing dress that you're in Dm Am Bb Or the light coming off of your skin Dm F The fragile heart you protected for so long Dm F C Or the mercy in your sense of right and wrong Dm Am Bb It's not your hands searching slow in the dark Dm Am Bb Or your nails leaving love's watermark Dm F It's not the way you talk me off the roof Dm F C Your questions like directions to the truth Chorus: Bb F It's knowing that this can't go on forever Bb F C Likely one of us will have to spend some days alone Bb Dm C Maybe we'll get forty years together But one Bb day I'll be gone F C Or one day you'll be gone Verse 2: Dm Am Bb If we were vampires and death was a joke Dm Am Bb We'd go out on the sidewalk and smoke Dm F Laugh at all the lovers and their plans Dm F C I wouldn't feel the need to hold your hand Dm Am Bb Maybe time running out is a gift Dm Am Bb I'll work hard 'til the end of my shift Dm F And give you every second I can find Dm F C And hope it isn't me who's left behind Chorus: Bb F It's knowing that this can't go on forever Bb F C Likely one of us will have to spend some days alone Bb Dm C Maybe we'll get forty years together But one Bb day I'll be gone F C Or one day you'll be gone Interlude: Dm Am Bb Dm Am Bb Dm F Dm F C Dm Am Bb Dm Am Bb Dm F Dm Chorus: F C Bb F It's knowing that this can't go on forever Bb F C Likely one of us will have to spend some days alone Bb Dm C Maybe we'll get forty years together But one Bb day I'll be gone Dm Am Or one day you'll be gone Outro: Bb Dm Am Bb
