Originally in A, I play in E
| E | E6 | E7 | E6 |
Vox on the 5 on “hands”
| E | E6 | |
| Give me your | hands, show me the | door |
| E7 | E6 | |
| I cannot | stand, to wait anymo | re |
| E | E6 | |
| Somebody | said, be what you’ll | be |
| E7 | |
| We could be | old and cold and dead on the sea |
The TV version drops the II at the end of this line (i.e., shortens the phrase)
| A | E/G# | B | F#/A# |
| But I love you | more than words can | say |
The TV version also adds the IV → I
| A | E/G# | E | A/E | E |
| I can’t count the | reasons I should | stay | → |
| E | E6 | |
| Give me some | rope, tie me to | dream |
| E7 | E6 | |
| Give me the | hope, to run out of | steam |
| E | E6 | |
| Somebody | said, it could be | here |
| E7 | |
| We could be | roped up, tied up, dead in a year |
| A | E/G# | B | F#/A# |
| I can’t count the | reasons I should | stay |
| A | E/G# | E |
| One by one they | all just fade a | way |
Bridge
| D | A | |
| I’m tired of the | wait and see’s |
| E | |
| I’m tired of that | part of me |
| D | A | |
| That makes up a | perfect lie |
| E | |
| To keep us betw | een |
| D | A | |
| But hours turn | into days |
| E | E/D# | |
| So watch what you | throw away |
| D | A/C# | |
| And be here to | recognize |
| B | |
| There’s an | other way |
| E | E6 | E7 | E6 |
| x2 |
| E | E6 | |
| Give me some | rope, tie me to | dream |
| E7 | E6 | |
| Give me the | hope, to run out of | steam |
| E | E6 | |
| Somebody | said, it could be | here |
| E7 | |
| We could be | roped up, tied up, dead in a year |
| A | E/G# | B | F#/A# |
| But I love you | more than words can | say |
| A | E/G# | B | F#/A# |
| I can’t count the | reasons I should | stay |
| A | E/G# | B | F#/A# |
| One by one they | all just fade a | way |
| A | E/G# | E |
| But I love you | more than words can | say |
| E | E6 | E7 | E6 |
| x2 |
| E |