Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Verse 1: G I love the songs I hated when I was young G6sus G Because they take me back where I come from C Csus4 C When every broken heart seemed like the end G G6sus G D When everyone was someone different then Verse 2: G G6sus G But I can be alone in a crowded room G6sus G Where my thoughts, they run like water down a flume C Csus4 C There are days when I will let the darkness ride G G6sus4 G D I don't always choose to stay on the sunny side
Chorus: Em C C/G C G Sometimes I pretend we never met (ooh) G/F# G/E D C G D Because it's harder to forgive than to forget C G Sometimes it's harder to forgive Interlude: G6sus G G6sus G G6sus G Verse 3: G G6sus4 G Yes, my life has seen some wasted time G6sus4 G I have suffered for the peace inside my mind C Csus4 C And some things are better left unsaid G G6sus4 G D While some things work out different when they're in your head Verse 4: G G6sus4 G But I'm not sorry for the things I say G6sus4 G Sometimes I let my mouth just run away C Csus4 C And I believe that all souls are born kind G G6sus4 G D And that all love lost comes back in time Chorus: Em C C/G C G Sometimes I pretend we never met (ooh) G/F# G/E D C G D Because it's harder to forgive than to forget C G G Sometimes it's harder to forgive Verse 5: G And even if the world is really round Em And all the maps are printed upside down Am So if you stand in one place for too long D7 Everything around you will be gone Verse 6: G Well, I'm not gonna miss you when I'm gone Em But the part of me that's left wants you to know Am That I'm not gonna jump towards the light D7 G Em The ones who believe choose the night Outro: Am D7 Ooh, ooh G Em Ooh, ooh Am D7 Ah, ooh G Ah