Tuning - Standard
Key: A
Truly underappreciated song. Sadly, I had to make a tab since there was none. There
instrumental parts between verses, but I omitted that for practical purposes of playing
song by yourself.
A
You can only talk so much about things
D
that are never, ever going to happen.
A
My brother’s at home with his dog and his cat
D E
and his wife is at a friend’s.
A
You can only go on so long about feelings
D
that never, ever actually touch you.
A
No matter how much she told him “I love you,”
D E
he found it would depend
Bm E Esus E
on the gifts that he bought her,
Bm E Esus E
or how badly she was hurt
Bm E Esus E
when the boss was cruel at work.
D E
But he’d just say “I love you,” and he’d reach out to her.
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A
He was feeling like shit when I came to visit
D
and walked through the door of his tiny apartment.
A
We went for a walk through the park by the market
D E
so we could get some air.
A
And I told to him all things intended to help him,
D
especially that, simply because it was ending,
A
that that didn’t mean she was always pretending.
D E
Real happiness was there.
Bm E Esus E
I could see and I could tell:
Bm E Esus E
it was real love that they felt.
Bm E Esus E
And I’m sorry it didn’t end well,
D E
but some things just don’t - that’s life, and you shouldn’t blame yourself.
A
And all of these things, well, I truly believe them.
D
Our paths and our futures are hidden in mists
A
that are stretching out over impossible distances,
D E
totally obscured.
A
And I really do think that there’s probably more good
D
than anger or selfishness, sickness, or sadness
A
would ever completely allow us to have in this
D E
life, I think I’m sure.
Bm E Esus E
But that doesn’t mean it’s bad.
Bm E Esus E
We were walking towards our dad,
Bm E Esus E
while getting out of that school bus,
D E A
and he just said “I love you,” and he reached out to us
