Tone: [C]
Verse
[Fmaj7] I sit and watch you reading [G]with your head low
[Fmaj7] I wake and watch you breathing [G]with your eyes closed
[Fmaj7] I sit and watch you
[G] I notice everything you do or [Fmaj7]don't do
You're so much older[G]older and wiser, and I
Verse
[F] Saw in my mind fairy lights through the mist
I[Dm]I kept calm and carried the weight of the rift
[G]Pulled him in tighter each time he was drifting a[C]away
My[F]My spine split from carrying us up the hill
[Dm]Wet through my clothes, weary bones caught the chill
I[G]I stopped trying to make
him laugh, stopped trying to drill the[C]the safe
Thinkin[F]g how much sad did you[Dm],
think I had, did yo[G]u think I had in me?
[C] Oh, the tragedy
-Refrain-
[Dm] Hand on the throttle
[Am] Thought I caught lightning in a bottle
[F] Oh, but it’s gone[C/E]gone again
-Chorus-
[Dm]So [F]long [C]Lon[G]London
[Dm]You'll [F]find [C]some[G]someone
[G] Please, I’ve been on my[Am]my knees
Change the proph[F]prophecy, don’t want money
[C/E] Just someone who wants my com[G]company
Let it once be[Am]be me
Who do I have to[F]to speak to
About if they can[C/E]can redo the prophecy?
[Dm]So [F]long [C]Lon[G]London
[Dm]Had [F]a [C]good [G]run [F]
Because I[C]I dropped your hand while dancing[G]dancing
Left you out there standin[Am]standing
Crestfallen on the landing
[F]Champagne problems
[C] Your mom's ring in your pocket[G]pocket
My picture in your walle[Am]wallet
Your heart was glass, I dropped it
[F]Champagne problems
-Bridge-
And you[Am]you say I abandoned the ship but I wa[C]was going down with it
My white[G]white-knuckle dying grip holding[Dm]holding tight to your quiet resentment
And my friends said[Am]said it isn't right to be scared
Every[C]Every day of a love affair, every[G]every breath feels like rarest air
When you're not[Dm]not sure if he wants to be there [Am]
While you were out building other worlds, w[Fmaj7]where was I?
Where's that man who'd throw blankets over my [Am]barbed wire?
I made you my temple, my mural, my[G]my sky
Now I'm begging for footnotes in[Am]in the story of your life
Drawing hearts in the by[Fmaj7]byline
Always taking up too much space or [Am]time
You assume I'm fine, but what would you [G]do if I
[F] Sound like an infant
[C] Feeling like the very last drops of an ink pen
[G] A greater woman stays cool
[F] But I howl like a wolf at the moon
You[F]You swore that you loved me, but where were the clues?
I[Dm]I died on the altar waiting for the proof
[F] And I look unstable
[C] Gathered with a coven ’round a sorceress’ table
[G] A greater woman has faith
[F] But even statues crumble if they’re made to wait
I’m[C]I’m so afraid [G]I sealed my fate
No sign of[F]of soulmates
[F] I’m just a paperweight, in[C]in shades of greige
[G] Spending my last coin so someone will[F] tell me it’ll be[Dm] oka[Am]y
You[G]You sacrificed us to the gods of your bluest[C]bluest days
And I'm[F]I'm just getting color back[Dm]back into my face
I'm[G]I'm just mad as hell 'cause I[C]I loved this place for
-Chorus-
[Dm]So [F]long [C]Lon[G]London
[Dm]Stit[F]Stitches [C]un[G]undone
[C] You had a speech, you're speechless[G]speechless
Love slipped beyond your reache[Am]reaches
And I couldn't give a reason
[F]Champagne problems
[Dm]Two [F]graves, [C]one [G]gun
[Dm]You'll [F]find [C]some[G]someone
[C] Break free and leave us in r[Fmaj7]ruins
Took this dagger in me and removed it
[C] Gain the weight of you then l[G]lose it
Believe me, I could [C]do it
"She[C]"She would've made such a lovely bride
What a[G]a shame she's fucked in the head," they said
But[Am]But you'll find the real thing instead
She'll[F]She'll patch up your tapestry that I shred
A [Dm]mom[F]moment of [C]warm [G]sun
But[Dm] I'm[F] not[C] the[G] one
-Outro-
[F] A greater woman wouldn’t beg
[C/E] But I looked to the sky and said (Please)