[Verse 1 - Keep low C held down and just alternate chords No drums - pluck chords like keyboard part] [Dm/C] Lying [C] in my [Dm/C] bed, I [C] hear the [Dm/C] clock [C] tick and [Dm/C] think of [C] you. [Dm/C] Caught [C] up in [Dm/C] circ - [C] les, con [Dm/C] fu - [C] sion is [Dm/C] nothing [C] new. (bring string slaps in) [F] Flash [G] back, [Em] warm [F] nights, [F] almost [G] left be [Em] hind. [F] Suit [G] case of [Em] memor [F] ies... [F] Time [G] after...
[Verse 2 - Percussive strums now with slaps - do the bB xx xx xx - xx xx xx xx bass drum figure - play just on the Dm/C] [Dm/C] Some [C] times you [Dm/C] picture [C] me, I'm [Dm/C] walk - [C] ing too [Dm/C] far ah [C] ead. [Dm/C] You're [C] calling [Dm/C] to [C] me, I [Dm/C] can't [C] hear what [Dm/C] you've [C] said. (bass drum on 1 and 3 now) Then [F] you [G] say, [Em] go [F] slow, [F] I [G] fall be [Em] hind. [F] The [G] second [Em] hand un [F] winds.
[Chorus - Full drums] If you're [G] lost, you can look and you [Am7] will find me [Fadd9] time [G] after [C] time. If you [G] fall I will catch you, I'll [Am7] be waiting [Fadd9] Time [G] after [C] time.
If you're [G] lost, you can look and you [Am7] will find me [Fadd9] time [G] after [C] time. If you [G] fall I will catch you, I'll [Am7] be waiting [Fadd9] Time [G] after [C] time.
[Instrumental - Drums stop - Strum these and really try to pick out the melody] [F][G][Em][F] x2 E -1-1--------------------- B -1-0------------------10 G -2-2--0-2-0--20---10--10 D -3-3--0------2-32-10--10- A -3-3--2------2----7--88- E -1-1--3------0--------8--
[Verse 3 - Drums with string slap] [Dm/C] Af - [C] ter my [Dm/C] picture [C] fades and [Dm/C] dark - [C] ness has [Dm/C] turned to [C] grey, [Dm/C] Watch - [C] ing through [Dm/C] win - [C] dows, you're [Dm/C] wonder [C] ing if [Dm/C] I'm o - [C] kay. [F] Sec [G] rets [Em] stol [F] en [F] from [G] deep in [Em] side, [F] The [G] drum beats [Em] out of [F] time.
[Chorus - Full drums] If you're [G] lost, you can look and you [Am7] will find me [Fadd9] time [G] after [C] time. If you [G] fall I will catch you, I'll [Am7] be waiting [Fadd9] Time [G] after [C] time.
[Instrumental - Full drums - Arp - keep high G ringing - Like Taking it easy play G 3x0003 with 3rd and 4th fingers - sets it up for other chords so can ring nicely] [G][Am7] ([Fadd9][G]) [C] x2
[Bridge] [F] You [G] say, [Em] go [F] slow, [F] I [G] fall be [Em] hind. [F] The [G] second [Em] hand un [F] winds.
[Chorus] If you're [G] lost, you can look and you [Am7] will find me [Fadd9] time [G] after [C] time. If you [G] fall I will catch you, I'll [Am7] be waiting [Fadd9] Time [G] after [C] time.
If you're [G] lost, you can look and you [Am7] will find me [Fadd9] time [G] after [C] time. If you [G] fall I will catch you, I'll [Am7] be waiting [Fadd9] Time [G] after [C] time.
[Outro] [Fadd9] Time [G] after [C] time. [Fadd9] Time [G] after [C] time. [Fadd9] Time [G] after [C] time. [Fadd9] Time [G] after [C] time.
[Verse 1] [A] You could never know what it's [D/A] like. Your blo [E/A] od like winter freezes [A] just like ice. And there's a [Bm7/A-557777] cold lonely light that [D/A-557775] shines from you. [E] You'll [F#m] wind up like the wreck you [D] hide behind that [A] mask [Bm/A-5xx777] you [A] use. [A] And did you think this fool could [D/A] never win? Well [E/A] look at me, I'm coming [A] back again. I got a [Bm7/A] taste of love in a [D/A] simple [E] way. And if you [F#m] need to know while I'm still [D] standing you just [A] fade [Bm7/A] a [A] way.
[Chorus] Don't you know [Am7] I'm still [Am] standing better than I [Em/G] ever did. Looking like a [Dm7] true survivor, feeling like a [Fmaj7] little kid. [G] [Am7] I'm still [Am] standing after [Em/G] all this time. Picking up the [Dm7] pieces of my life without you [E7] on my mind. I'm still [Am] standing. [Dm7] Yeah [Dm7] Yeah ye [E7] Yeah! I'm still [Am] standing. [Dm7] Yeah [Dm7] Yeah ye [E7] Yeah! [F/E-0-x-10-10-10-x][G/E-0-x-12-12-12-x]
[Verse 2] [A] Once I never could hope to [D/A] win. You [E/A] starting down the road leaving [A] me again. The [Bm7/A] threats you made were meant to [D/A] cut me [E] down. And if our [F#m] love was just a [D] circus you'd be a [A] clown [Bm7/A] by now [A]
[Chorus] Don't you know [Am7] I'm still [Am] standing better than I [Em/G] ever did. Looking like a [Dm7] true survivor, feeling like a [Fmaj7] little kid. [G] [Am7] I'm still [Am] standing after [Em/G] all this time. Picking up the [Dm7] pieces of my life without you [E7] on my mind. I'm still [Am] standing. [Dm7] Yeah [Dm7] Yeah ye [E7] Yeah! I'm still [Am] standing. [Dm7] Yeah [Dm7] Yeah ye [E7] Yeah! [F/E-0-x-10-10-10-x][G/E-0-x-12-12-12-x]
[Chorus/Outro] Don't you know [Am7] I'm still [Am] standing better than I [Em/G] ever did. Looking like a [Dm7] true survivor, feeling like a [Fmaj7] little kid. [G] [Am7] I'm still [Am] standing after [Em/G] all this time. Picking up the [Dm7] pieces of my life without you [E7] on my mind. I'm still [Am] standing. [Dm7] Yeah [Dm7] Yeah ye [E7] Yeah! I'm still [Am] standing. [Dm7] Yeah [Dm7] Yeah ye [E7] Yeah!