Chorus 1:
I will [B]change
I will change
I swear just
[E]tell me what to
[B]do Just [E]tell me
who to [B]be And I'll
be [C#]who you want me
[F#]to Pre[E]tend I don't
e[Eb]xist You won't [B]know
I'm [Ebm]in the [G#m]room I'll
be the[C#m] ghost of
[F#]something That[C#m] used
to mean [F#]something to [B]you[Ebm][G#m]
Verse 1:
[E] This [F#]beaten [B]up heart
Is lost and confused
I wish that my younger
self was here He'd
know just [E]what to
do[F#] Boy could he [B]talk
Well he'd [E]know just
[F#]what to [G#m]say Moving
[B]up is moving [F#]on
from where you [B]came[F#]
Refrain 2:
S[G#m]top me [F#/Bb]if I'm
[B]boring [C#m]you I'm
[Ebm]painfully a[B]ware[G#m][Eb]
That [G#m]you've got
[F#/Bb]better [B]ways to
[C#m]waste your [Eb]time
time time
Chorus 2:
I will [B]change
I will change
I swear just
[E]tell me what to
[B]do Just [E]tell me
who to [B]be And I'll
be [C#]who you want me
[F#]to Pre[E]tend I don't
e[Eb]xist You won't [B]know
I'm [Ebm]in the [G#m]room I'll
be the[C#m] ghost of
[F#]something That[C#m] used
to mean [F#]something to [B]you
Verse 2:
[F#] Say this isn't [B]real
Say this was a joke
Say there's still
space for me in bed
Cause I can't live
a[E]lone[F#] Oh pitiful [B]me
I'll do [E]any[F#]thing you
[G#m]say I'd soon as
[B]suffocate with [F#]you
than stay a[B]way[F#]
Refrain 2:
And [G#m]I knew [F#/Bb]all
this [B]years a[C#m]go
But [Ebm]couldn't
[B]take the [G#m]hint
You [Eb]match my
[G#m]over[F#/Bb]compensation
[C#m]With your [Eb]own
ambivalence
(Repeat Chorus 2)
Bridge:
[G#m] When I got the [C#m]call
[F#] I was on the [B]road
[E] Three weeks in
[C#m]Europe until I got
[F#]home So [C#m]what would
make you s[F#]tay I'll
build a [B]mountain
I'll change my [E]name
I don't have to
[A]breathe if all my
[B]air gets in your [G#]way
Chorus 3: Modulate from B to C#
I will [C#]change
I will change
I swear just
[F#]tell me what to
[C#]do Just [F#]tell me
who to [C#]be And I'll
be [Eb]who you want me
[G#]to Pre[F#]tend I don't
e[F]xist You won't [C#]know
I'm [Fm]in the [Bbm]room I'll
be the[F#] ghost of
[G#]something That
[Fm] used to mean
[Bbm]something that
[Ebm] should have meant
G# C#(hold)
something to you
I will [B]change
I will change
I swear just
[E]tell me what to
[B]do Just [E]tell me
who to [B]be And I'll
be [C#]who you want me
[F#]to Pre[E]tend I don't
e[Eb]xist You won't [B]know
I'm [Ebm]in the [G#m]room I'll
be the[C#m] ghost of
[F#]something That[C#m] used
to mean [F#]something to [B]you[Ebm][G#m]
Verse 1:
[E] This [F#]beaten [B]up heart
Is lost and confused
I wish that my younger
self was here He'd
know just [E]what to
do[F#] Boy could he [B]talk
Well he'd [E]know just
[F#]what to [G#m]say Moving
[B]up is moving [F#]on
from where you [B]came[F#]
Refrain 2:
S[G#m]top me [F#/Bb]if I'm
[B]boring [C#m]you I'm
[Ebm]painfully a[B]ware[G#m][Eb]
That [G#m]you've got
[F#/Bb]better [B]ways to
[C#m]waste your [Eb]time
time time
Chorus 2:
I will [B]change
I will change
I swear just
[E]tell me what to
[B]do Just [E]tell me
who to [B]be And I'll
be [C#]who you want me
[F#]to Pre[E]tend I don't
e[Eb]xist You won't [B]know
I'm [Ebm]in the [G#m]room I'll
be the[C#m] ghost of
[F#]something That[C#m] used
to mean [F#]something to [B]you
Verse 2:
[F#] Say this isn't [B]real
Say this was a joke
Say there's still
space for me in bed
Cause I can't live
a[E]lone[F#] Oh pitiful [B]me
I'll do [E]any[F#]thing you
[G#m]say I'd soon as
[B]suffocate with [F#]you
than stay a[B]way[F#]
Refrain 2:
And [G#m]I knew [F#/Bb]all
this [B]years a[C#m]go
But [Ebm]couldn't
[B]take the [G#m]hint
You [Eb]match my
[G#m]over[F#/Bb]compensation
[C#m]With your [Eb]own
ambivalence
(Repeat Chorus 2)
Bridge:
[G#m] When I got the [C#m]call
[F#] I was on the [B]road
[E] Three weeks in
[C#m]Europe until I got
[F#]home So [C#m]what would
make you s[F#]tay I'll
build a [B]mountain
I'll change my [E]name
I don't have to
[A]breathe if all my
[B]air gets in your [G#]way
Chorus 3: Modulate from B to C#
I will [C#]change
I will change
I swear just
[F#]tell me what to
[C#]do Just [F#]tell me
who to [C#]be And I'll
be [Eb]who you want me
[G#]to Pre[F#]tend I don't
e[F]xist You won't [C#]know
I'm [Fm]in the [Bbm]room I'll
be the[F#] ghost of
[G#]something That
[Fm] used to mean
[Bbm]something that
[Ebm] should have meant
G# C#(hold)
something to you
