INTRO: G D Dsus C G G G D C CG D C GI've been told that it's just the way life goes.C GOnce the wildest river is now a trickle to the sea.C GThe peak we risk our lives to scale becomes dirt beneath our feet.C GThe wisdom of a life time always disappears untapped.C GParadise once given will always be taken back.Am C D7 G D C GAnd the love you hang your life upon will start to slowly crack.VERSE 2:G D C GI have seen people suffocate the dream.C GForgetting to turn that one last time while she watches through the door.C GFocusing on the garbage that she use to ignore.C GThinking she looks so beautiful but not yelling it out loud.C GHe should have thought to kiss her before he headed out.Am C D7Just forgetting how fucking lucky you are to have found her in such a crowd.C G D GBut we've seen a cloud of starlings rising on a crisp autumn day.C G D GWe were handed the weight of a child sleeping and bore her away.C G D GWe've tasted the tears that fall when saying goodbye forever.C G D (LET RING) G D Dsus C G G G D C CAnd we've seen the silver from a waxing moon wash upon the shore.VERSE 3: SAME AS VERSE 2I have heard about the lives of small swift birds.They dazzle with their colour and their deftness through the air.Just a simple glimpse will keep you simply standing there.Legendary journeys made on fragile hollow wings.The night skies rich with whistling each and every spring.And then there's the day we look for them and can't find them anywhere.G D C GI've been told that it's just the way life goes.
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