Intro:
   Cadd9  F G F
   Cadd9  F G F

Verse 1:
Cadd9      F
  Aren't you tired?
G        F
  I know I am
Cadd9          F
  Do you still want me here
       G                           F
In the space between you and your hands?
Cadd9        F
  We shrank the summer down
G                F
  To twenty-four miles
Cadd9           F
  I can still hear the sound
       G                     F
Of you laughing all the way down

Verse 2:
Cadd9         F
  We'd built a tower
G                  F
  Out of water and sand
Cadd9                F
  Make it taller than both of us
       G                       F
And we tear it apart with our hands
Cadd9        F
  Look at us carefree
G                          F
  As we destroyed what we made
Cadd9        F
  I love you carefully
       G                        F
And I act like I'm dumb for my age

Verse 3:
G                  F
  And I know we're older
G                        F
  And she still makes you cry
G                            F
  And just because she told you so
G                           F
  It doesn't mean that she's right
G                    F
  And it still gets ugly
G                          F
  And you still bite your tongue
G                           F
  But you still have more fight in you
          G                             F
Than you ever really did when you were young

Instrumental: Cadd9 F G F

Verse 4:
Cadd9     F
  Give it up for Plain Jane
G                             F
  There isn't really much to say
Cadd9                F
  She's faster than a bullet train
              G                               F
And what you tell her, she will take to her grave
Cadd9            F
  Can you see the laugh lines?
G                            F
  She holds her face in the mirror
Cadd9             F
  She says it like nothing's wrong
             G                            F
  But I can hear her disappointment from here

Verse 5:
G                     F
  You think you look older
G                    F
  I think you look alive
G                   F
  You were right before when you
           G                                F
Told me, "Living takes more than to just survive"
G                     F
  What's a word for lonely
G                     F
  That doesn't mean alone?
G                            F
  And what's that thing you told me?
            G                               F
  Something I would understand when I was grown

Verse 6:
G                      F
  I don't know what I heard
G                        F
  Or what it takes to forgive
G                       F
  You were mad at the whole world
          G                             F
You were angry, I didn't stop when you did
G                   F
  I am building something else
G                            F
  It's not something I will tear down
G                  F
  I will make it myself
              G
And I'm too proud to break that promise
         F                        Cadd9
I'd do anything but ask for your help

Outro:
   Cadd9  F G F
   Cadd9  F G F
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