If We Were Vampires

Chords

4.9 (207)

Key: C Tuning: E A D G B E Capo: 6th fret

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Intro

Verse 1

It's not the

long, flowing

dress that you'r

e in

Or the

light coming

off of your

skin

The fragile

heart you protected for

so long

Or the

mercy in your sense of right and

wro

ng

It's not your

hands searching

slow in the

dark

Or your

nails leaving

love's water

mark

It's not the

way you talk me off the

roof

Your

questions like directions to the

tru

th

Chorus

It's knowing that this can't go on

forever

It's likely one of us will have to s

pend some days al

one

Maybe we'll get forty years t

ogether

But

one day I'll be

gone

Or one day you'll be

gon

e

Verse 2

If we were

vampires and

death was a

joke

We'd go

out on the

sidewalk and

smoke

Laugh at all the lovers and their

plans

I wouldn't feel the need to hold your

ha

nd

Maybe

time running

out is a

gift

I'll work

hard 'til the

end of my

shift

And

give you every second I can

find

And

hope it isn't me who's left

beh

ind

Chorus

It's k

nowing that this can't go on for

ever

It's

likely one of us will have to

spend some days a

lone

Maybe we'll get forty years t

ogether

But one day I'll be g

one

Or one day you'll be

gon

e

Interlude

Chorus

It's k

nowing that this can't go on for

ever

It's

likely one of us will have to

spend some days a

lone

Maybe we'll get forty years t

ogether

But one day I'll be g

one

Or one day you'll be

gon

e

Chorus

It's k

nowing that this can't go on for

ever

It's

likely one of us will have to

spend some days a

lone

Maybe we'll get forty years t

ogether

But one day I'll be g

one

Or one day you'll be

gon

e

Outro

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