I found these chords online so I don't take credit, just wanted to put them with the lyrics :)
Standard tuning
Capo 3rd fret
Intro: Am, G, C, C, F, C, G, G
Am G C C
I'll never tell you what I saw
F C G G
Or how it made me breathe.
Am G C C
I'll never repeat what I heard
F C G G
How long it took me to leave.
Am G C C
I'll never tell you what I saw
F C G G
Or how it made my smile freeze
Am E C F C
Cause this world is a whirlwind, but I'm holding that trapeze
Dm G C C
And I'll never tell you what I saw
Am G C C
I'll never tell you who I loved
F C G G
Or how they made me free
Am G C C
I'll never tell you how I slept
F C G G
Back when I was 15
Am G C C
I thought that I could just forget
F C G G
The bricks that have built me
Am E C F C
But this world is a whirlwind and I'm holding that trapeze
Dm G C C
And I'll never tell you who I loved
F G
But if I could tell you one thing
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/dia_frampton/trapeze_crd_ver_2.html ]
C G Am
I would tell you I'm not leaving
F G
If I could show you one thing
C G Am
All my mistakes have shaped me
F
Into who I am
Fm
And who I am just wants to make you home
Repeat intro Am, G, C, C, F, C, G, G (oooooh ooooh ooooh)
* single strum
Am* G* C*
I'll never tell you why I drive
F* C* G*
Into the night and back again
Am* G* C*
I hardly speak of my hometown
F* C* G*
My little hands in the cement
Am G C C F C G G
I'll never tell you what I saw, close the door, swallow the key
Am E C F C
But this world is a whirlwind and I'm holding that trapeze
Am E C F C
Ya this world keeps on turning, love is carried in a sling
Am E C F C
Ya this world is a whirlwind and I'm holding that trapeze.
Dm G C
So I'll never tell you what I saw
Repeat intro Am, G, C, C, F, C, G, G (oooooh ooooh ooooh)
F G
But if I could tell you one thing
C G Am
I would tell you I'm not leaving
F G
If I could show you one thing
C G Am
All my mistakes have shaped me
F
Into who I am
Fm
And who I am just wants to make you home
