Note: If you want to play it the way Brent does acousticly, you need to play the
prechorus like this:
F#5(hold) F#5 (x 9 11 11 x x)
So can we stop pretending
D5 (hold) D5
That the world is never ending?
F#5 (hold) F#5(x91111xx) E5
Will you try to find a way to believe?
You can also play the chorus as D (xx232) A (x02220) E (x22100) B5 (x244xx) if you
prefer. Either one works. (I think Brent mostly plays it that way. I just prefer this way)
[A-577655]C#5-x466xx
D5-x577xx
A5-577xxx
A/G#5-477xxx
F#5-244xxx
E5-x799xx
B5-799xxx or x244xx
G5-x 10 12 12 x x or 355xxx or 3x0033 (depends on how you play the chorus)
Intro: A
[A]It might take years for you to miss me
[C#5]Truth is I'm alone in this city
[D5]I'm broke hey, I'm gonna wait
[A]I just deal with things in my own way
[A]Please know you're my only ambition
[C#5]I agree that we needed intermission
[D5]But one day we're gonna say
[A5]We need each o[A/G#5]ther okay
So [F#5]can we stop pretending
That the [D5]world is never ending?
Will you [F#5]try to find a way to be[E5]lieve?
That [D5]I don't think you're gonna c[A5]hange
(You better start believing)
So, [E5]you'll be the one to bend
[B5]I'll be the one who breaks
[D5]I don't think you're gonna [A5]change
(You better start believing)
So,[E5] you'll be the one to bend
[B5]I'll be the one who breaks
[A]
[A]Right now seems time is the reason
[C#5]Another day, another week, another season
[D5]New year hey, New me hey
[A]It's not much but I know that we've both changed
[A]Wanna be real fake, try to pretend
[C#5]Maybe you, maybe me, baby we can
[D5]Try some day, we could say
[A5]We've got each o[A/G#5]ther okay
So [F#5]can we stop pretending
That the [D5]world is never ending?
Will you [F#5]try to find a way to be[E5]lieve?
That I[D5] don't think you're gonna c[A5]hange
(You better start believing)
So, [E5]you'll be the one to bend
[B5]I'll be the one who breaks
[D5]I don't think you're gonna [A5]change
(You better start believing)
So, [E5]you'll be the one to bend
[B5]I'll be the one who breaks
When you're [D5]left alone
With [A5]nowhere to go
[B5]I'll leave the light on if you [G5]wanna come home
But [D5]I don't think you're gonna [A5]change
(You better start believing)
So, [E5]you'll be the one to bend
[B5]I'll be the one who breaks
[A]You needed sp[C#5]ace
Well, you [D5]got it now
Are you d[A]oing okay?
I love you and I hate you the [C#5]same
And [D5]maybe that's the way it'll [A5]stay[A/G#5]
So [F#5]can we stop pretending
That the [D5]world is never ending?
Will you [F#5]try to find a way to be[E5]lieve?
That I[D5] don't think you're gonna c[A5]hange
(You better start believing)
So, [E5]you'll be the one to bend
[B5]I'll be the one who breaks
[D5]I don't think you're gonna [A5]change
(You better start believing)
So, [E5]you'll be the one to bend
[B5]I'll be the one who breaks
When you're [D5]left alone
With [A5]nowhere to go
[B5]I'll leave the light on if you [G5]wanna come home
But [D5]I don't think you're gonna [A5]change
(You better start believing)
So, [E5]you'll be the one to bend
[B5]I'll be the one who breaks
Outro: A
prechorus like this:
F#5(hold) F#5 (x 9 11 11 x x)
So can we stop pretending
D5 (hold) D5
That the world is never ending?
F#5 (hold) F#5(x91111xx) E5
Will you try to find a way to believe?
You can also play the chorus as D (xx232) A (x02220) E (x22100) B5 (x244xx) if you
prefer. Either one works. (I think Brent mostly plays it that way. I just prefer this way)
[A-577655]C#5-x466xx
D5-x577xx
A5-577xxx
A/G#5-477xxx
F#5-244xxx
E5-x799xx
B5-799xxx or x244xx
G5-x 10 12 12 x x or 355xxx or 3x0033 (depends on how you play the chorus)
Intro: A
[A]It might take years for you to miss me
[C#5]Truth is I'm alone in this city
[D5]I'm broke hey, I'm gonna wait
[A]I just deal with things in my own way
[A]Please know you're my only ambition
[C#5]I agree that we needed intermission
[D5]But one day we're gonna say
[A5]We need each o[A/G#5]ther okay
So [F#5]can we stop pretending
That the [D5]world is never ending?
Will you [F#5]try to find a way to be[E5]lieve?
That [D5]I don't think you're gonna c[A5]hange
(You better start believing)
So, [E5]you'll be the one to bend
[B5]I'll be the one who breaks
[D5]I don't think you're gonna [A5]change
(You better start believing)
So,[E5] you'll be the one to bend
[B5]I'll be the one who breaks
[A]
[A]Right now seems time is the reason
[C#5]Another day, another week, another season
[D5]New year hey, New me hey
[A]It's not much but I know that we've both changed
[A]Wanna be real fake, try to pretend
[C#5]Maybe you, maybe me, baby we can
[D5]Try some day, we could say
[A5]We've got each o[A/G#5]ther okay
So [F#5]can we stop pretending
That the [D5]world is never ending?
Will you [F#5]try to find a way to be[E5]lieve?
That I[D5] don't think you're gonna c[A5]hange
(You better start believing)
So, [E5]you'll be the one to bend
[B5]I'll be the one who breaks
[D5]I don't think you're gonna [A5]change
(You better start believing)
So, [E5]you'll be the one to bend
[B5]I'll be the one who breaks
When you're [D5]left alone
With [A5]nowhere to go
[B5]I'll leave the light on if you [G5]wanna come home
But [D5]I don't think you're gonna [A5]change
(You better start believing)
So, [E5]you'll be the one to bend
[B5]I'll be the one who breaks
[A]You needed sp[C#5]ace
Well, you [D5]got it now
Are you d[A]oing okay?
I love you and I hate you the [C#5]same
And [D5]maybe that's the way it'll [A5]stay[A/G#5]
So [F#5]can we stop pretending
That the [D5]world is never ending?
Will you [F#5]try to find a way to be[E5]lieve?
That I[D5] don't think you're gonna c[A5]hange
(You better start believing)
So, [E5]you'll be the one to bend
[B5]I'll be the one who breaks
[D5]I don't think you're gonna [A5]change
(You better start believing)
So, [E5]you'll be the one to bend
[B5]I'll be the one who breaks
When you're [D5]left alone
With [A5]nowhere to go
[B5]I'll leave the light on if you [G5]wanna come home
But [D5]I don't think you're gonna [A5]change
(You better start believing)
So, [E5]you'll be the one to bend
[B5]I'll be the one who breaks
Outro: A
