Intro: F  C  Bb  F  C

F
Hit the ground, hit the ground, hit the ground, oh oh   
C
Only sound, only sound that you hear is no
Bb
You never saw it coming, slipped when you started running
    F
And now you've come undone, I I I
F     
Seen you fall, seen you crawl on your knees, eh-eh   
C    
Seen you lost in a crowd, seen your colors fade   
Bb     
Wish I could make it better, someday you won’t remember   
F                                C                       
This pain you thought would last forever and ever   
   

G                       
There you’ll stand, 10 feet tall   
D    
I will say, I knew it all along   
C    
Your eyes, wider than distance   
Em                   D    
This life is sweeter than fiction   


F
Just a shot, just a shot in the dark oh oh
C
All you got, all you got are you shattered hopes,
Bb
They never saw it coming, you hit the ground running
F
And now you're onto something, I I I say
F
What a sight, what a sight when the light came on
C
Proved me right, proved me right, when you prove them wrong
Bb
And in this perfect weather is like when don't remember
F                               C    
The rain you thought would last forever and ever  
 
   
G                       
There you’ll stand, 10 feet tall   
D    
I will say, I knew it all along   
C    
Your eyes, wider than distance   
Em                   D    
This life is sweeter than fiction   
G    
There you stand, next to me   
D    
All I want the rest is history   
C    
Your eyes are brighter than kisses   
Em                   D    
This life is sweeter than fiction   
   
Interlude: G  D  C  Em  D
 
G                               Em
I’ll be one of the many saying, look at you now, look at you now, now   
C     
I’ll be one of the many saying,   
D    
You've made us proud, you’ve made us proud   
G    
I’ll be one of the many saying   
Em   
Look at you now, look at you now, now   
C    
I’ll be one of the many saying   
D    
You’ve made us proud, you’ve made us proud   
G                                     Em
And when they call your name and they put your picture in a frame   
                  C    
You’ll know that I’ll be there in time & again   
        D    
Cause I loved you then   
   

         G    
When you hit the ground, hit the ground, hit the ground, oh oh   
D                                            Em   
Only sound, only sound that you heard was no, now in this perfect weather   
                                G
It’s like we don’t remember the rain we thought would last forever and ever   
   

G                       
There you’ll stand, 10 feet tall   
D    
I will say, I knew it all along   
C    
Your eyes, wider than distance   
Em               D    
This life is sweeter than fiction   
G    
There you stand, next to me   
D    
All I want the rest is history   
C    
Your eyes, wider than distance   
Em               D                G
This life is sweeter than fiction   
              D                  C 
Sweeter than fiction, is sweeter than    
             Em          D            -xG-x
Is sweeter than, sweeter, sweeter than fiction