Tone: [D]
Verse:
I've w[D]woken up, it's [Bm]4am[A]4am
and I'm[D] unable to b[Bm]reathe a[A]gain
my [D]lungs have given [Bm]up on [A]me
and my [D]throat is [Bm]collap[A]collapsing
[G]I will cough the night away
[Bm]I will cough all th[A]through the day
[G]I won't stop, despite the medicine
[Bm]until 3a[A]3am the next morning
Instrumental -x4-:
[D] [Bm] [A]
And [D]I know you're not [Bm]asleep y[A]yet
for G[D]od's sake, it's only[Bm] 4a[A]m
You're probably t[D]thinking about what you [Bm]want to [A]be
despite[D]despite not knowing [Bm]what that [A]means
And you will[G]will think the night away
And you will[Bm]will think all thr[A]through the day
You won't[G]won't sleep, despite the medicine
until [Bm]3am [A]the next morning
[D] She's a [A]social smoker
[Bm] I'm an asthma [G]patient
[D] She's experim[A]experimenting with not br[Bm]breathing
and I want o[G]out
[D] She wants to l[A]live her life
but [Bm]doesn't know h[G]how
well [D]neither do [A]I
but I'm deal[Bm]dealing with right n[G]now
Interlude -x4-:
[D] [Bm] [A]
She w[D]wants to move [Bm]far a[A]away
but is w[D]worried she'll be [Bm]out of p[A]place
and there's a [D]look on her face
that says her [Bm]heart's begi[A]beginning to r[D]race [Bm] [A]
She says, "The [D]way it is, m[Bm]makes me a[A]angry
and I don't[D]don't want you to t[Bm]think of me [A]badly"
but [D]I swallow my p[Bm]pride and [A]I say
"You [D]gotta do what m[Bm]makes you h[A]happy"
[G]I will cough the night away
[Bm]I will cough all th[A]through the day
[G]I won't stop, despite the medicine
[Bm]until 3a[A]3am the next morning
[D] She's a [A]social smoker
[Bm] I'm an asthma [G]patient
[D] She's experim[A]experimenting with not br[Bm]breathing
and I want o[G]out
[D] She wants to l[A]live her life
but [Bm]doesn't know h[G]how
well [D]neither do [A]I
but I'm deal[Bm]dealing with right n[G]now
Instrumental -x4-:
[D] [A] [Bm] [G]
I've been [D]trying to break the ice
but I've been f[A]feeling like the Titanic
could you[Bm]you meet me somewhere maybe between
[G]outgoing and tragic?
I've been [D]trying to break the ice
but I've been f[A]feeling like the Titanic
could you[Bm]you meet me somewhere maybe between
[G]outgoing and tragic?
I've been [D]trying to break the ice
-She's a social smoker-
But I've been f[A]feeling like the titanic
-I'm an asthma patient-
could you[Bm]you meet me somewhere maybe between [G]
-She's experimenting with not breathing-
outgoing and tragic
-And I want out-
I've been [D]trying to break the ice
-She wants to live her life but-
But I've been f[A]feeling like the titanic
-doesn't know how-
could yo[Bm]you meet me
somewhere maybe, could you[G]you meet me somewhere maybe
-well neither do I, but
I'm just dealing with it right now-
Outro:
[D] She's a [A]social smoker
[Bm] I'm an asthma [G]patient
[D] She's experim[A]experimenting with not br[Bm]breathing
and I want o[G]out
[D] She wants to l[A]live her life
but [Bm]doesn't know h[G]how
well [D]neither do [A]I
but I'm deal[Bm]dealing with right n[G]now