Chords used
C
Dadd11
Em
G
Dsus2
F
Dsus4
Am
G/B
Em7
D
A
A7
Bb
Bm
Dsus
1.
Runaway
Key: CHardC
Dadd11
Em
G
Dsus2
F
Dsus4
CYou seemed so Dadd11different from Emeveryone
How you fGooled me
CYour heart was as here and Dadd11gone as a lEmoaded gun
Quickly fiGred
CThe pain so deep, no sign of hDadd11ealing
But EmI took our love so damn seriGously
C Dadd11Seriously Em G
You're just a runCaway
I thought you'd alDadd11ways stay
But in a mEmoment it got hDsus2arder F
Your hGeart was not as hDsus4onest F
as I thCought it'd be
Yeah, you sDadd11wore to me
I'd take an aEmrmy to deDsus2stroy Fus
But nGow all that I kDsus4now isF
that I'll nGe-vDsus4er F Cchange
And you're just a runaway
Instrumental:
C Dadd11ooohhooEmohhhhGooohh
CDadd11
CI was as ready aDadd11s I'd evEmer been
Open and hGopeful,
but CI, I was torn and tDadd11ossed to the dEmeepest end
Of endless wiGshing
that CI was wrong, and that you were Dadd11better than wEmhat you showed me
kGeeps on messingC with me
It's still mDadd11essing with mEme G
You're just a runCaway
I thought you'd alDadd11ways stay
But in a mEmoment it got hDsus2arder F
Your hGeart was not as hDsus4onest F
as I thCought it'd be
Yeah, you sDadd11wore to me
It'd take an Emarmy to dDsus2estroyF us
But nGow all that I kDsus4now isF
that I'll nGe-vDsus4er F Cchange
And you're just a runaway
C Dadd11ooohhooEmohhhhGooohh
CDadd11
From the hGighDsus4est F hiCgh
To the ClowDsus2est F lEmow
If it's a GruDsus4 na F wCay
You just gotta let him go
Instrumental
C Dadd11ooohhooEmohhhhGooohh
You're just a runCaway
I thought you'd alDadd11ways stay
But in a mEmoment it got hDsus2arder F
Your hGeart was not as hDsus4onest F
as I thCought it'd be
Yeah, you sDadd11wore to me
I'd take an aEmrmy to deDsus2stroy Fus
But nGow all that I kDsus4now isF
that I'll nGe-vDsus4er F Cchange
And you're just a runaway
C Dadd11ooohhooEmohhhhGooohh
CDadd11
Em
2.
Beautiful Distraction
Key: AmCapo 3HardAm
G/B
C
F
G
Em
Em7
AmG/BCAmG/BCAm
You found Amme G/B C Singing Amsongs aG/Bbout the Crain
I found AmyouG/B; C I couldn't Amfind G/Bwords to expClain
How Fyou were the Gday I was the Cdark Emof Amnight
How the Fworld spun arGound us like a CsatEmellAmite
How you Fmet me in the Gmiddle and I Cheld Emon Amtight mmGmm
CYou will always be my beautifGul distraction
AmOne part sweetness Ftwo parts passion
CEvery day you Emmake me feel brand Fnew
CYou asked for my heart Em7not perfection
AmThe first one to lead me in the Fright direction
This Ccrazy world won?t Emchange the same old Fme
Who loves the same old yAmou G/B C
You brought me AmbacG/Bk C when I?d forAmgotten G/Bhow to fCall To fall in AmlovG/Be C
You showed me AmI could G/Bhave it Call And Fnot give Gup a single Cthing EmI Amam
When FI said I Gcouldn?t you said CYes Emwe cAman
It Ftook me all this Gtime now I CunEmdersAmtand, I Gdo
CYou will always be my beautifGul distraction
AmOne part sweetness Ftwo parts passion
CEvery day you Emmake me feel brand Fnew
CYou asked for my heart Em7not perfection
AmThe first one to lead me in the Fright direction
This Ccrazy world won?t Emchange the same old Fme
Who loves the same old Emyou
EmHere I am talking about forever FNever thought I?d say it, never ever
CHold me once, Emhold me twice, Amhold me for the rest of my G/Blife
CYou will always be my beautifGul distraction
AmOne part sweetness Ftwo parts passion
CEvery day you Emmake me feel brand Fnew
CYou asked for my heart Em7not perfection
AmThe first one to lead me in the Fright direction
This Ccrazy world won?t Emchange the same old Fme
Who loves the same old yAmou G F Amyou..G. F C
3.
Put It Like That
Key: DCapo 4HardD
G
A
A7
Em
Bb
F
Em7
Bm
(capo on 4th...)
IDt's beenG a long week Aand I've had a lot of time
to think abDout you.G A7
SDo sureG that I'm right Ain thinking I'll be more
then fine withDout you.G A7
HGere you are with a guDilty grin Emknocking at my dDoor aA7gain.
WBbe both know you're gFonna win when I'm iGn those arms of yDours.
OA7hh, DI can't tEm7urn my back when you pGut it like that,
pA7ut it like that. DRight here in Em7front of me.
IFs all I'll ever nDeed. A7And Dwhen you Em7touch me like that,
hGold me like that, loA7ve me like that.
FBmorever sAure sounds gGood, when you A7put it like DthatG. A7
SDo much Gfor being strong, Amy mind's set,
but my heart's too gone to sDave me. G A7
ID'd like to think,G I gotta choice
aAnd deep down that little voice don't pDhase me.G A7
WGhen I see you staDnding here, Emeverything is Dcrystal A7clear
aBbnd all my doubts just dFisappear. when you're Gholding me like tDhis,
OA7oh, DI can't tEm7urn my back when you pGut it like that,
pA7ut it like that Dright here in Em7front of me.
Is aFll I'll ever need. GOohh,A7 and wDhen you Em7touch me like that,
hGold me like that, loA7ve me like that.
BmForever A7sure sounds Ggood, when youA7 put it like tDhat. Em7 G A7
WGhen I see you staDnding here, Emeverything is chrDystal A7clear
aBbnd all my doubts just dFisappear. when you're Gholding me like tDhis,
OA7hh, DI can't tEm7urn my back when you pGut it like that,
pA7ut it like that. Dright here in Em7front of me.
Is aFll I'll ever nDeed. A7Oohh, and Dwhen you Em7touch me like that,
hGold me like that, loA7ve me like that.
Bm A7 G A7 D-Em7-G-A7(repeat, end with D...)
Forever sure sounds good, when you put it like that. (4x + whisper)
4.
Half The Love
Key: BmMediumBm
A
D
G
Dsus2
BmADG
BmAGDDsus2D
Yeah the siAmple thiDngs
Dig the deAepest holDes
It's the fAinest lGines
That cAut the moGst
There's a toAuch of blDues
That I juAst can't shDake
And it's biAtterswGeet
But I loAve that tGaste
When it strAikes yBmour eAye
AYou're gonna find that it
SpDarks yoAur sGoul
GOhoh, ohoh
BmADG
I'm a wanBmdering shAip in a sDea of foGols
BmADG
If you only had hBmalf the loAve I'm feDeling for yGou
You give me jAust enoDugh
To keep me oAn my toDes
But when I mAake a mGove
I'm danAcing on my oGwn
So are you eAver gonna gDive in to me?
Are you eAver gonna brDeak?
Is this anAother lost cGause?
Will you eAver feel the sGame?
When it strAikes yBmour eAye
AYou're gonna find that it
SpDarks yoAur sGoul
GOhoh, ohoh
BmADG
I'm a wanBmdering shAip in a sDea of foGols
BmADG
If you only had hBmalf the loAve I'm feDeling for yGou
If you only had hBmalf the loAve I'm feDeling for yGou
Yeah, the siAmple thiDngs
Dig the deeApest hoDles
You're the sweAetest kiGnd
That huArts the mGost
When it strAikes yBmour eAye
AYou're gonna find that it
SpDarks yoAur sGoul
GOhoh, ohoh
BmADG
I'm a wanBmdering shAip in a sDea of foGols
BmADG
If you only had hBmalf the loAve I'm feDeling for yGou
If you only had hBmalf the loAve I'm feDeling for yGou
Bm
ADG
5.
Blue Bittersweet
Key: BCapo 3MediumEm
C
G
D
A
Standard Tuning
BEmlue bittersweet, blue bittersweet
Like croCwds that turned you, clouds floating over me
BEmlue bittersweet, blue bittersweet
Like cloCuds that turned you, crowds running over Emme C
EmNo intereference, no interruption, less demolition, some reconstructiCon
Consider consideration, interpet interpretation
EmSomeone to follow, someone to look to, someone to hold you
While you sCearch for liberation, on the road to salvation
BEmlue bittersweet, blue bittersweet
Like croCwds that turned you, clouds floating over me
BEmlue bittersweet, blue bittersweet
Like cloCuds that turned you, crowds running over Emme C
LEmive independent, so well-defended, it's hard to expend, what if it ends Cus
Determin determination, frustrated, we're a frustrated nation
EmNo one to follow, no one to look to, no one to hold you
Starving Cin desperation on a slow steady road to hell
BEmlue bittersweet, blue bittersweet
Like croCwds that turned you, clouds floating over me
BEmlue bittersweet, blue bittersweet
Like cloCuds that turned you, crowds running over Emme G
Running over mDe A
Running over Emme G
Running over mDe A
WEmho is the child that lGives without shelter
WhDen do we hear, tAalking to you
WEmhere is the child, with nGo one to help her
WhDo is the one who smAiles
EmGDA
WEmho is the child that lGives without shelter
WhDen do we hear, tAalking to you
WEmhere is the child, with nGo one to help her
WhDo is the one who smAiles
When she's blue, when she's blEmuuuuuueeGee, when she's bluDuuuueeAeee
WEmho is the child that lGives without shelter
WhDen do we hear, tAalking to you
WhEmere is the child, with nGo one to help her
WhDo is the one who smAiles
When she's blEmuuuuueeGeee, when she's bluDuuuuuuueAeeee
End on Em
6.
Back Of My Mind
Key: GMediumG
C
D
Dsus
Am
Bm
Well my Gdaddy he stood at the Cfoot of the stairs
He was Gcalling to me at the DtimDsuse D
And I Gknew even then, I could Cdie for the thoughts
that I Gkept in the Dback of my Gmind
But I Gdared not to speak, how I Cfelt for my dad
'Cause there Gwere no words to DdefineDsus
This Gball of confusion and Cfeelings and stuff
That I Gkept in the Dback of my Gmind
So I Gtook to the highway and I Ckept to myself
Just a Glookin' and hopin' to Dfind Dsus
Some soGlutions, some answers, Csome way to exist
all this Gstuff in the Dback of my Gmind
So I Gtook me a job, and I Ctook me a man
And I Gtook me a bottle of DwineDsus
But it Gdid not take long, 'til Call I had left
Was this Gjunk in the Dback of my Gmind
GDrivin' like Crain on a Amrunaway Dtrain
BmFlyin' Cblind, shot from the Gdark in the Dback of my Gmind
WelGl the end of the tunnCel it never came up
'Til I Gcame to the end of the DlineDsus
I saw Gthat the light I'd been Choping to see
Was a Gspark in the Dback of my Gmind
And theG cold wind that blew through theC hole in my heart
Made a Gfire for the very first Dtime Dsus
Of some Gbranches of trust and a Ckindling of faith
And that Gspark in the Dback of my Gmind
GDrivin' like Crain on a Amrunaway Dtrain
BmFlyin' Cblind, shot from the Gdark in the Dback of my Gmind
GDrivin' like Crain on a Amrunaway Dtrain
BmFlyin' Cblind, shot from the Gdark in the Dback of my Gmind
Shot from the Gdark in the Dback of my Gmind 3x then Fade
7.
Breathin'
Key: GCapo 2MediumG
D
Em
C
Bm
G What we Dhave here is a EmmisunderCstanding
G A lack of Dcommunication,Em What we Chave here is
G Two people Dtalking and Emnobody Clistening
G Screaming and Dyelling Emthings hard to Ctake back
EmThere's worse things thanC dying
When Gyou've lost you're Dreason for Emliv-Cing G D
There's Emno point in Cfighting
When Greasons for Dstaying are Emmiss-Cing G D
I'm Bmleav-Cing
There's Gsomething out Dthere that I'm Emneeding
There's GmoreD__ to Emlife, there's Ggot to be Dmore to Emlife
Than Cbreathin'
GThere are still Dechos of Emyou and me Claughing
GBouncing off Dwalls of Emcanyons in my Cmind
GStirring up Dmemories of Emlove long Cforgotten
GHow'd we let Dgo of Emsomething like Cthat
EmThere's worse things thanC dying
When Gyou've lost you're Dreason for Emliv-Cing G D
There's Emno point in Cfighting
When Greasons for Dstaying are Emmiss-Cing G D
I'm Bmleav-Cing
There's Gsomething out Dthere that I'm Emneeding
There's GmoreD__ to Emlife, there's Ggot to be Dmore to Emlife
YeahChhhhhhhhhhEmhhhh C G D
EmCGD
I'm Bmleav-Cing
There's Gsomething out Dthere that I'm Emneeding
There's GmoreD__ to Emlife, there's Ggot to be Dmore to Emlife
Than Cbreathin'
- FADE
8.
Eyes Straight Ahead
Key: GCapo 1MediumG
Em
D
Am
C
G Save your wordsEm, don't give them up D
All of them are not enough G
To make them sEmee or understaDnd
G Sometimes the truth Em
Is a lineD, you walk a while
Just to findAm G
You're alCone D
Cause Ceverybody thinks they know
GEverything abDout it
StCicks and stones again and agaGin D
But Ceverybody has to know
GIn the end the trDuth will show
TEmry to stay strDong, until thCen
Keep your hEmead up and Deyes straight ahGead
GEmD
G No winners hereEm in this game D
Of pushing guilt and passing blame G
So stand asEmide and let it gDo
G A better skyEm, is on it's way D
So please just try to sit and wait Am G
I know it's hCard D
Cause Ceverybody thinks they know
GEverything abDout it
StCicks and stones again and agaGin D
But Ceverybody has to know
GIn the end the trDuth will show
TEmry to stay strDong, until thCen
Keep your hEmead up and Deyes straight
AhAmead of us
There is Emsomething we're needing to fDind
Up ahAmead of us C D
Cause Ceverybody thinks they know
GEverything abDout Git
Cause Ceverybody thinks they know
GEverything abDout it
StCicks and stones again and agaGin D
But Ceverybody has to know
GIn the end the trDuth will show
TEmry to stay strDong, until thCen
Keep your hEmead up and Deyes straight ahGead Em D
Keep your head up and eyes straight ahGead Em D
Keep your head up and eyes straight ahCead
9.
Went For A While
Key: EmMediumEm
C
F
Am
EmCCC
EmCCC
EmFFF
EmCCC
EmPut on a CcoatC C
I Emput on a CsmilCe C
EmWent down a FroadF F
I Emwent for Ca whCile C
Held Emon to your ChairC C
HeldEm on to your CloveC C
EmThen you let Fgo F F
EmYou had enoCugh C C
Can a Amriver flow backwards a rEmiver back tCo
Amsomeone I was, Emsomeone before Cyou
I Fput on a coat
I Emput on a Csmile
I Fwent down a road
I went for aEm while
EmThe foot of a ChillC C
EmA big hill to CclimCb C
EmPain grows in FsecoFnds F
EmPatience in CtimeC C
I Emtrust in the CseasCons C
The Emseasons come CrounCd C
Same Embird different FreasFons F
EmSame solid CgrouCnd C
Can a Amriver flow backwards a Emriver back Cto
Amsomeone I was, Emsomeone before Cyou
I Fput on a coat
I Emput on a Csmile
I Fwent down a road
I went for aEm while
AmoooFooCooh
I EmPut on a CcoatC C
I Emput on a CsmilCe C
EmWent down a FroadF F
I Emwent for Ca whCile C
10.
I'd Be Yours
Key: GCapo 1MediumG
D
C
Em
A
GIf I were a ghost DI'd haunt your house,CHang out in your Drafters
GYou could be my Dmister Adams CI could be your DCasper
GI'd share with you my Dafterlife Cof the unexDplained
GWalk through your Dwalls let you Crattle my Dchains
Yes I wouldG, D UCh huh uh huh DOh Uh huhhhh
GAnd if I were a snake DI'd be a constrictor Cslicker than Doil
GI'd entice you with Dmy slither Cwrap you in my Dcoils
GYou could tie me in a Dthousand knots And Cjust watch me Dunfold
GHypnotize you with Dmy stare Cswallow you Dwhole
Think about itG, D CUh huh uh huh DOh Uh huhhhh
EmWelcome to my world of Amake believe
Check Cyour reality at the Gdoor D
EmWithin my wishes and my Awildest dreams
If CI could be anything
Well Dbaby, I'd be yoursG, D CUh huh uh huh DOh Uh huhhhh
GAnd if I were a bird DI'd be an owl Cwise beyond my Dyears
GWatch over you Deach night, Ccalm you of your Dfears
GYou could set my Dhead to spinnin' with those Clittle things you Ddo
GLike sayin' it was Dme you loved when CI asked you "Dwho" G D C D
EmWelcome to my world of Amake believe
Check Cyour reality at the Gdoor D
EmWithin my wishes and my Awildest dreams
If CI could be anything
Well Dbaby, I'd be yoursG, D UCh huh uh huh DOh Uh huhhhh