Chords: E 000000 A 550500 B 770700 E2 12 12 0 12 0 0 D# 11 10 0 0 0 0 C#sus4 9 9 0 10 0 0 Verse 1: E A Say it's not so E2 D# C#sus4 B A Say your heart it wrote me letters all the time E E3 D# C#sus4 B D Say it sealed them up and with your breath did sign E
Them all away Verse 2: E A Say that your notes E2 D# C#sus4 B A They were no forgery, you meant them every line E E2 D# C#sus4 B A Some in meter, some in verse, and some in rhyme E Tell me you meant every word Post-Chorus 1: B A You could cut my knees and leave me at the door B A I'd still pick all your memories off our dusty floor B A If you'd stay B A If you'd stay Chorus: E3 D# C#sus4 B A E Darling, just a little while E3 D# C#sus4 B A E Darling, just a little while E3 D# C#sus4 B A E Darling, just a little while Verse 3: E A Tell me how you are E2 D# C#sus4 B A And I'll write a song for every feeling I can't name E E2 D# C#sus4 B A Like we were dancing in a fucking blood ballet E It was a massacre Verse 4: B How'd you get away? A B A 'Cause oh, good heavens we abided by the night B A But there are darker things than the absence of light B A And they still creak through our halls Post-Chorus 2: B A I would build a city out of you and me B A There would be crime, but still a local grocery B A If you'd stay B A If you'd stay Chorus: E3 D# C#sus4 B A E Darling, just a little while E3 D# C#sus4 B A E Darling, just a little while E3 D# C#sus4 B A E