Tone: [C]
Verse 1
[C] [Am] [F] There's glitter on the floor after the party[C]party [Am] [F]
Girls carrying their shoes down in the lobby[C]lobby [Am] [F]
Candlewax and Polaroids on the [C]hardwood [Am]floor[F]floor
You and me from the night before
Chorus
[C] Don't r[Am]read[F]ead the [C]last page
[C] But I s[Am]stay[F]tay when you're lost and I'm scared and you're turning [C]away
I [Am]want[F]want your [C]midnights
[C] But I'll be cleaning up [Am]bottles with you on [F]New Year's [C]Day
Verse 2
[C] [Am] [F] You squeeze my hand three times in the back of the taxi[C]taxi [Am] [F]
I can tell that it's gonna be a long road[C]road [Am] [F]
I'll be there if you're the toast of the town, babe[C]babe [Am] [F]
Or if you strike out and you're crawling home
Chorus
[C] Don't r[Am]read[F]ead the [C]last page
[C] But I s[Am]tay[F] when it's hard and it's wrong and we're making mist[C]akes
I [Am]want[F]want your [C]midnights
[C] But I'll be cleaning up [Am]bottles with you on [F]New Year's [C]Day
Bridge 1
And you know that [Am]I'd
swing with you for the fe[G]fences,
sit with you in the tre[F]trenches
Give you my wild, g[G]give you a child
Give you the [F]silence that only comes
when two people understand each other
[Am]Family that I chose, now that
I see your brother as my [Dm]brother
Is it en[C]enough?
There's [Dm]robbers to the east, clowns to the west
I'd [Em]give you my sunshine, give you my best
But the [Dm]rain is always gonna come if you're [C]standing with me
So would it be en[Dm]enough, if I could never give you pe[C]peace?
Bridge 2
[C] [Am] [F] [C] [Am] [F]
[C]Please, [Am]don't [F]ever become a s[G]stranger
whose [C]laugh [Am]I could [F]recognise a[G]anywhere
[C]Please, [Am]don't [F]ever become a s[G]stranger
whose [C]laugh [Am]I could [F]recognise a[G]anywhere
Verse 3
[C] [Am] [F] Our coming-of-age has come and gone[C]gone [Am] [F]
Suddenly, this summer, it's clear[C]clear [Am] [F]
I never had the courage of my convictions[C]convictions [Am] [F]
As long as danger is near[C]near [Am] [F]
Verse 4
There's glitter on the floor after the party[C]party [Am] [F]
Girls carrying their shoes down in the lobby[C]lobby [Am] [F]
Candlewax and Polaroids on the [C]hardwood [Am]floor[F]floor
You and me forevermore
[C]X