Chords
[Intro]
Bm F# Bm F#
Bm
[Verse 1]
I Bmsaved every letter you F#wrote me
G From the moment I Dread them
I F#knew you were Bmmine
You said you were F#mine
I thought you wereG mine
D F# Bm Do you know what AnF#gelica said
When we Gsaw your first letter arDrive? F#
She said
Bm "Be careful with thatF# one, love
He will Gdo what it takes to surDvive."
[Chorus]
F#You and your Bmwords flooded my F#senses
Your Gsentences left me deDfenseless
EmYou built me Bmpalaces out of F#paragraphs
You built caGthedrals
D F# I'm re-Bmreading the letters you F#wrote me
I'm Gsearching and scanning for anDswers
In Emevery Bmline
For some kind of F#sign
And when you wereDmaj7 mine
The world seemedD to
[Bridge]
Bm F#m G
[Burn]
D Bm F#m
[Burn]
[Verse 2]
G You Bmpublished the letters she F#wrote you
You Gtold the whole world how you Dbrought
This girl F#into our Bmbed
In clearing your F#name, you have ruined ourG lives D F#
Bm Do you know what AnF#gelica said
G When she read what you'd Ddone? F#
She said
Bm âYou have married an IF#carus
He has Gflown too close to the Dsun.â
[Chorus]
F#You and your Bmwords, obsessed with your F#legacy...
Your Gsentences border on Dsenseless
EmAnd you are Bmparanoid in every F#paragraph
How they perGceive you
You, you, you
[Verse 3]
I'm eBmrasing myself from the F#narrative
Let Gfuture historians Dwonder how EF#liza
ReBmacted when you broke herF# heart
Dmaj7 You have torn it all apart
I am watching it
[Bridge]
D Bm F#m
[Burn]
G Watching itD burn Bm F#m
The Gworld has no right to my Dheart
[Interlude]
The world has no F#place in our bed
They Bmdon't get to know what I Gsaid
I'm burning the Dmemories
Burning the F#letters that might have reBmdeemed you
You Gforfeit all rights to my Dheart
You forfeit the F#place in our bed
You Bmsleep in your office inGstead
With only the Dmemories
Of when you wereF# mine Dmaj7 G
I hope that youBm burn
[Outro]
F# G D Em Bm