If We Were Vampires chords by Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit

verse 1
       Am      C        A#
It's not the long, flowing dress that you're in
    Am      C     A#
Or the light coming off of your skin
       Dm            F
The fragile heart you protected for so long
    Dm               F  C
Or the mercy in your sense of right and wrong
        Am       C     A#
It's not your hands searching slow in the dark
     Am      C     A#
Or your nails leaving love's watermark
       Dm           F
It's not the way you talk me off the roof
    Dm               F  C
Your questions like directions to the truth

Chorus
    Dm               F
It's knowing that this can't go on forever
  Dm              F      C
Likely one of us will have to spend some days alone
 Dm             F
Maybe we'll get forty years together
  C         Dm
But one day I'll be gone
  Dm         F  C
Or one day you'll be gone

verse 2
       Am      C     A#
If we were vampires and death was a joke
    Am     C      A#
We'd go out on the sidewalk and smoke
     Dm           F
Laugh at all the lovers and their plans
  Dm                 F  C
I wouldn't feel the need to hold your hand
    Am      C    A#
Maybe time running out is a gift
      Am      C     A#
I'll work hard 'til the end of my shift
   Dm             F
And give you every second I can find
   Dm             F  C
And hope it isn't me who's left behind

Chorus
    Dm                F
It's knowing that this can't go on forever
 Dm              F       C
Likely one of us will have to spend some days alone
 Dm             F
Maybe we'll get forty years together
  C        Dm
But one day I'll be gone
           F  C
Or one day you'll be gone
    Dm             F
It's knowing that this can't go on forever
 Dm             F        C
Likely one of us will have to spend some days alone
 Dm             F
Maybe we'll get forty years together
  C        Dm
But one day I'll be gone
           F  C
Or one day you'll be gone