Tone: [D]
Intro:
[D] [A]
[D] Well this is just a simple song [A]
[D] to say what you done [A]
[D]I told you about all those fears [A]
[D]and away they did run. You sure must
be str[G]strong..[A]ong... [G] [A]
[G] and you feel li[A]ke an oc[G]ean being warmed by t[A]he s[D]un[A] [D] [A]
[D]When I wa[A]was just n[D]nine years old [A]
[D] I swear that I[A]I dr[D]dreamt [A]
[D] Your face on [A]a foot[D]football field
a[A]nd[D] a kiss that I k[A]ept [D]
Und[A]Under my ve[G]vest, [A] [G] [A]
[G]apart from [A]everythi[G]ng but the heart i[A]n my ch[D]es[A]t [D] [A]
Chorus:
[Bm] I kn[A]ow that th[D]ings can really ge[A]t rou[G]gh when you g[A]o it al[G]one [A]
[Bm] Don'[A]t go thin[D]king you got to b[A]e tou[G]gh, and play l[A]ike a st[G]one [A]
[Bm] Could[A] be there's n[D]othing else in our li[A]
ves s[G]o cri[A]tica[G]l [A] As[G] this lit[A]tle home! [G]
[D] My life [A]in an uptu[D]upturned boat, [A]
[D] marooned on[A]on a cliff[D]cliff [A]
[D] You brought m[A]me a gr[D]great big flood
a[A]nd[D] you gave me a l[A]ift [D]
Girl, wh[A]what a gi[G]gift [A]
[G] And you tell me w[A]with your t[G]tongue and your
breath goes [A]in my lu[G]lungs and we float abov[A]above the rift [Bm]
Chorus:
[Bm] I kn[A]ow that th[D]ings can really ge[A]t rou[G]gh when you g[A]o it al[G]one [A]
[Bm] Don'[A]t go thin[D]king you got to b[A]e tou[G]gh, and play l[A]ike a st[G]one [A]
[Bm] Could[A] be there's n[D]othing else in our li[A]ves
s[G]o cri[A]tica[G]l [A] As[G] this lit[A]tle home! [G]
Interlude:
[Em] [Bm] [Em] [Bm] [Em] [Bm] [G]
[D] Well this is just a simple song [A]
[D] to say what you done [A]
[D]I told you about all those fears [A]
[D]and away they did run. You sure must
be str[G]strong..[A]ong... [G] [A]
[G] and you feel li[A]ke an oc[G]ean being warmed by t[A]he s[D]un[A] [D] [A]
[Bm] Reme[A]mber walk[D]ing the mile to you[A]r hou[G]se aglow in t[A]he dark[G] [A]
[Bm] I ma[A]de a fum[D]bling play for yo[A]ur hea[G]rt and the axe st[A]ruck a s[G]park[A]
[Bm] You w[A]wore a ch[D]charm on the chain that [A]I sto[G]le especial f[A]or y[G]ou [A]
[Bm] Loves su[A]ch a del[D]icate thing that we[A] do[G] , with nothing t[A]o prove [G] [A]
[G] Which I nev[A]er k[G]new![A] [D]