Chord Secondhand Serenade - Stanger

Verse 1:

C
turn around
C F
turn around and fix your eye in my direction
F
so there is a connection
C
i can speak
C F
i can make a sound to somehow capture your attention
F Dm
i'm staring at perfection
G
take a look at me so you can see


chorus:

C G
you call me a stranger
Dm
you say i'm a danger
F G C
but all these thoughts are leaving you tonight
G
i'm broken and bended
Dm
you are an angel
F G
making all my dreams come true tonight


C-F-C-F

verse 2:

C
i'm confident
C
but i can't pretend
F
i wasn't terrified to meet you
F
i knew you could see right through me
C
i saw my light flash right before my very eyes
F
and i need just what we turn into
F Dm
i was hoping that you could see
G
take a look at me so you can see


(repeat chorus)

F G F
you are an angel
G
making all my dreams come true tonight


C F
take a look at me so you can see how beautiful you are...
G C
take a look at me so you can see how beautiful you are... (2x)

C G
your beauty seems so far away
F G
i'll have to write a thousand songs to make you comprehend
C
how beautiful you are
G
i know that i can't make you stay
F
but i will give my final breath
G
to make you understand
F
how beautiful you are
G
understand how beautiful you are..




repeat chorus


C G
you call me a stranger..
(oohh..)

F
you say i'm a danger
C G - F - G
you call me a stranger..

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Chord Secondhand Serenade - Stay close don't go

Capo on the 3rd Frett



C G
I'm staring at the glass in front of me,
Am F
is it half empty have i ruined all you've given me?
C G
I know I've been selfish,
Am
I know I've been foolish,
F
but look through that
G
and you will see,
Am
I'll do better, I know,
F
Baby, I can do better.
C G
If you leave me tonight, I'll wake up alone,
Am F G
don't tell me I will make it on my own,
C G
don’t leave me tonight,

Am F
this heart of stone will sing till it dies
(no chords)
if you leave me tonight.
C G
Sometimes I stare at you while you are sleeping,
Am
I listen to your breathing,
F
amazed how I somehow managed to
C G
sweep you off your feet girl,
Am
your perfect little feet girl
F
I took for granted what you do.
G Am
But I'll do better, I know
F
Baby, I can do better.


C G
If you leave me tonight, I'll wake up alone,
Am F G
don't tell me I will make it on my own,
C G
don’t leave me tonight,

Am F
this heart of stone will sing till it dies
(no chords)
if you leave me tonight.

C G Am

And don't you know my heart is open, oh,
F
it's putting up the fight,
G C
and I've got this feeling,
F
that everything's alright,

and don't you see,
G
I'm not the only one for you

but you're the only one for me.
C G Am F G
If you leave me tonight I'll wake up alone,

If you leave me tonight…

C G
If you leave me tonight, I'll wake up alone,
Am F G
don't tell me I will make it on my own,
C G
don’t leave me tonight,

Am F
this heart of stone will sing till it dies
(no chords)
if you leave me tonight.

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Chord Secondhand Serenade - Pretend

Capo-II (2)
Intro: G – G2 - Em9 – C9 - G - D
G
It seems all of these words
G2 Em9
Couldn’t be further from
C9 G
The truth, how did I get here
D
What did I do

G
Your eyes, telling me lies
G2 Em9
And making me fight myself
C9 G
While you have your agenda
D
A life to pursue

Chorus:

C9
So please
G Em9
Let me be free, from you.
C9 G
And please, let me be free
D G – G2 - C9 – Em9 – C9 – G - D
I can face the truth.


G
I’m blind to all of your colors
G2 Em9
That used to be rainbow then
C9 G
My eyes, where did they go to
D
Why disappear

G
It’s hard to be all alone
G2 Em9
I never got through your
C9 G
Disguise, I guess I'll just go
D
And face all my fears

(Chorus)
G C9 D
Put down your world

Just for one night
G C9 D
Pick me again


(Chorus)

End: G

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Chord Secondhand Serenade - Maybe

E
Didn't you wanna hear
B
the sound of all the places we could go?
C#m
Do you fear
A B
the expressions on the faces we don't know?
E
It's a cold, hard road when you wake up,
B C#m
and I don't think that I have the strength
A ~ B
to let you go.

Chorus:
E
Maybe it's just me.
B C#m
Couldn't you believe that everything I said and did
A ~ B
wasn't just deceiving?
E
And the tear in your eye,
B
and your calm, hard face
C#m B A ~ B
makes me wish that I was never brought into this place.
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/s/secondhand-serenade/201945.html ]
II.
E
There goes my ring,
B
it might as well have been shattered.
C#m
And I'm here to sing
A
about the things that mattered.
B E B
About the things that made us feel alive for oh so long.
C#m A ~ B
About the things that kept you on my side when I was wrong.

(Repeat Chorus)

Bridge:
C#m~B~A
A C#m B A
And someday, I promise I'll be gone.
A C#m B A
And someday, I might even sing this song to you.
C#m B A
I might even sing this song to you.
A~
To you, to you, to you...
E B
And I was crying alone tonight,
C#m A
and I was wasting all of my life
B E
just thinking of you.
B
So just come back,
C#m
we'll make it better.
A
So just come back,
B E B C#m A
I'll make it better than it ever was.
E B C#m A~B
I'll make it better than it ever was.

(Repeat Chorus 2x)

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Chord Secondhand Serenade - Like a knife

D A Bm G


Bm G
I dream a lot, I know you say I've got to get away.
D A
"The world is not yours for the taking" is all you ever say.
Bm G
I know I'm not the best for you, but promise that you'll stay.
D
'Cause if I watch you go, you'll see me wasting,
A
You'll see me wasted away


D A
'Cause today, you walked out of my life
Bm G
'Cause today, your words felt like a knife
Bm G D A
I'm not living this life.


Bm G
Goodbyes are meant for lonely people standing in the rain
D A
And no matter where I go it's always pouring all the same.
Bm G
These streets are filled with memories both perfect and in pain
D A
And all I wanna do is love you but I'm the only one to blame.


D A
'Cause today, you walked out of my life
Bm G
'Cause today, your words felt like a knife
I'm not living this life.


A
But what do I know, if you're leaving
All you did was stop the bleeding.
Bm
But these scars will stay forever,
These scars will stay forever
A
And these words have no meaning
If we cannot find the feeling
G
That we held on to together
Try your hardest to remember


D
Stay with me,
A
Or watch me bleed,
Bm G
I need you just to breathe.


D A
'Cause today, you walked out of my life
(stay with me, or watch me bleed)
Bm G
'Cause today, your words felt like a knife
(i need you just to breathe.)
D (D A Bm G D)
I'm not living this life.
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Chord Secondhand Serenade - Let me in

Intro
C Am F G x2


Verse
C F
I’m staring at my window,
Am G
..............I’m feeling uninspired,
C F Am G
.................I’m looking hard for hope,
C F
and I feel just like a record,
Am G C
............That spun until it tired,
F Am G
And eventually just broke.....
Am G
But I know it will get better…
Am G
I know we’ll find a place where we can be together.


Chorus


C Am F
Oh-wah-oh-wah-oh....
G C
Let me into you…
Am F
wah-oh-wah-oh
G C
Let me into you…
Am F
Coz I know, I know
G C
This life has room for two
Am F
oh-wah-oh-wah-oh
G
Let me into you…



Verse 2


C F
The best part of waking up is
Am G
Knowing that you’re thinking about me
C F Am
And my phone it rest upon my pillow
G C F Am
Waiting for you to reach right out and touch me with your smile
G
(Smile…smile…)
C F Am G
Even though we’re miles and miles and miles apart…
Am G
I know you make me better...



Chorus



C Am F
Oh-wah-oh-wah-oh....
G C
Let me into you…
Am F
wah-oh-wah-oh
G C
Let me into you…
Am F
Coz I know, I know
G C
This life has room for two
Am F
oh-wah-oh-wah-oh
G
Let me into you…


Bridge
E F
I’m a man who doesn’t need
G
Anyone to make me whole
C C/B E
But your eyes are just like headlights into my soul..
F G
They see what I can’t see and I don’t see anything at all

But you...



Final Chorus



C Am F
Oh-wah-oh-wah-oh....
G C
Let me into you…
Am F
wah-oh-wah-oh
G C
Let me into you…
Am F
Coz I know, yes I know
G C
This life has room for two
Am F
oh-wah-oh-wah-oh
G
Let me into you…


C Am F
Oh-wah-oh-wah-oh....
G C
Let me into you…
Am F
wah-oh-wah-oh (oh yeah)
G C
Let me into you…
C Am F
Oh-wah-oh-wah-oh....
G C
Let me into you…
Am F
wah-oh-wah-oh
G C
Let me into you…



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Chord Secondhand Serenade - Half Alive

VERSE 1 (Plucking)
D B
It's four AM, I'm waking up to your perfume
C#
Don't get up, I'll get through on my own
B
I don't know if I'm home
D
Or if I lost the way into your room
B
I'm spiraling into my doom
C# B
I'm feeling half alive but I know one day
(strum)C#
You and I will be free,


CHORUS:
B D
To live and die by our own rules, Free...
A
Despite the fact that men are fools.
D B(A) D(F#)
I'm almost alive, and I need you to try
E
And save me.
D A
It's okay that we're dying,
D(F#) C# B-C#
But I need to survive tonight, tonight.

Pluck: D B C# B


Verse 2
D
Well excuse me while I get killed softly,
B C#
Heart slows down and I can hardly tell you I'm okay
B
At least 'til yesterday,
D
You know you got me off my highest guard,
B
Believe me when I say it's hard.
C#
We'll get through this tonight
B C#
And I know one day you and I will be free


CHORUS:
B D
To live and die by our own rules, Free...
A
Despite the fact that men are fools.
D B(A) D(F#)
I'm almost alive, and I need you to try
E
And save me.
D A
It's okay that we're dying,
D(F#) C# B
But I need to survive tonight, tonight.


BRIDGE PART 1: (Shots)
C# D
And you touch my hand ever so slightly
C#
(Girl we're not ready for this yet)
D
And the deadly look she cast upon me

I won't regret, I won't regret
C# D C# D
I won't regret. I won't regret...

BRIDGE PART 2:
D A
And I was trying to disappear,
B
But you got me wrapped around you

I can hardly breathe without you
D A
I was trying to disappear
B
But I got lost in your eyes now,

You brought me down to size now.


CHORUS: (Plucking)
D B(A) D(F#)
I'm almost alive, and I need you to try
E
And save me.
(strum)D A
It's okay that we're dying,
D(F#) C#
But I need to survive tonight, tonight, tonight..


CHORUS: (strumming)
D B(A) D(F#)
I'm almost alive, and I need you to try
E
And save me.
D A
It's okay that we're dying,
D(F#) C# B
But I need to survive tonight, tonight.
D(F#) C# B D
But I need to survive tonight, tonight.


Enjoy!
-CshawnsVERSE 1 (Plucking)
D B
It's four AM, I'm waking up to your perfume
C#
Don't get up, I'll get through on my own
B
I don't know if I'm home
D
Or if I lost the way into your room
B
I'm spiraling into my doom
C# B
I'm feeling half alive but I know one day
(strum)C#
You and I will be free,


CHORUS:
B D
To live and die by our own rules, Free...
A
Despite the fact that men are fools.
D B(A) D(F#)
I'm almost alive, and I need you to try
E
And save me.
D A
It's okay that we're dying,
D(F#) C# B-C#
But I need to survive tonight, tonight.

Pluck: D B C# B


Verse 2
D
Well excuse me while I get killed softly,
B C#
Heart slows down and I can hardly tell you I'm okay
B
At least 'til yesterday,
D
You know you got me off my highest guard,
B
Believe me when I say it's hard.
C#
We'll get through this tonight
B C#
And I know one day you and I will be free


CHORUS:
B D
To live and die by our own rules, Free...
A
Despite the fact that men are fools.
D B(A) D(F#)
I'm almost alive, and I need you to try
E
And save me.
D A
It's okay that we're dying,
D(F#) C# B
But I need to survive tonight, tonight.


BRIDGE PART 1: (Shots)
C# D
And you touch my hand ever so slightly
C#
(Girl we're not ready for this yet)
D
And the deadly look she cast upon me

I won't regret, I won't regret
C# D C# D
I won't regret. I won't regret...

BRIDGE PART 2:
D A
And I was trying to disappear,
B
But you got me wrapped around you

I can hardly breathe without you
D A
I was trying to disappear
B
But I got lost in your eyes now,

You brought me down to size now.


CHORUS: (Plucking)
D B(A) D(F#)
I'm almost alive, and I need you to try
E
And save me.
(strum)D A
It's okay that we're dying,
D(F#) C#
But I need to survive tonight, tonight, tonight..


CHORUS: (strumming)
D B(A) D(F#)
I'm almost alive, and I need you to try
E
And save me.
D A
It's okay that we're dying,
D(F#) C# B
But I need to survive tonight, tonight.
D(F#) C# B D
But I need to survive tonight, tonight.


Enjoy!
-Cshawns
VERSE 1 (Plucking)
D B
It's four AM, I'm waking up to your perfume
C#
Don't get up, I'll get through on my own
B
I don't know if I'm home
D
Or if I lost the way into your room
B
I'm spiraling into my doom
C# B
I'm feeling half alive but I know one day
(strum)C#
You and I will be free,


CHORUS:
B D
To live and die by our own rules, Free...
A
Despite the fact that men are fools.
D B(A) D(F#)
I'm almost alive, and I need you to try
E
And save me.
D A
It's okay that we're dying,
D(F#) C# B-C#
But I need to survive tonight, tonight.

Pluck: D B C# B


Verse 2
D
Well excuse me while I get killed softly,
B C#
Heart slows down and I can hardly tell you I'm okay
B
At least 'til yesterday,
D
You know you got me off my highest guard,
B
Believe me when I say it's hard.
C#
We'll get through this tonight
B C#
And I know one day you and I will be free


CHORUS:
B D
To live and die by our own rules, Free...
A
Despite the fact that men are fools.
D B(A) D(F#)
I'm almost alive, and I need you to try
E
And save me.
D A
It's okay that we're dying,
D(F#) C# B
But I need to survive tonight, tonight.


BRIDGE PART 1: (Shots)
C# D
And you touch my hand ever so slightly
C#
(Girl we're not ready for this yet)
D
And the deadly look she cast upon me

I won't regret, I won't regret
C# D C# D
I won't regret. I won't regret...

BRIDGE PART 2:
D A
And I was trying to disappear,
B
But you got me wrapped around you

I can hardly breathe without you
D A
I was trying to disappear
B
But I got lost in your eyes now,

You brought me down to size now.


CHORUS: (Plucking)
D B(A) D(F#)
I'm almost alive, and I need you to try
E
And save me.
(strum)D A
It's okay that we're dying,
D(F#) C#
But I need to survive tonight, tonight, tonight..


CHORUS: (strumming)
D B(A) D(F#)
I'm almost alive, and I need you to try
E
And save me.
D A
It's okay that we're dying,
D(F#) C# B
But I need to survive tonight, tonight.
D(F#) C# B D
But I need to survive tonight, tonight.


Enjoy!
-Cshawns

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Chord Secondhand Serenade - Awake

INTRO:
C, C, Am7, Am7


C Am7
With every appearance by you, blinding my eyes,

C
I can hardly remember the last time I felt like I do.

Am7
You're an angel disguised.


C
And you're lying real still,

G7(G) Am7
but your heart beat is fast just like mine.

C
And the movie's long over,

G7(G) Am7
that's three that have passed, one more's fine.



C Am7 G7(G)
Will you stay awake for me?

Am7 G7(G) F
I don't wanna miss anything

F G7(G)
I don't wanna miss anything

C Am7 G7(G)
I will share the air I breathe,

Am7 G7(G) F
I'll give you my heart on a string,

F G7(G)
I just don't wanna miss anything.




BRIDGE:

C, C, Am7, Am7




C Am7
I'm trying real hard not to shake. I'm biting my tongue,

C
but I'm feeling alive and with every breathe that I take,

Am7
I feel like I've won. You're my key to survival.


C G7(G)
And if it's a hero you want,

Am7
I can save you. Just stay here.

C
Your whispers are priceless.

G7(G) Am7
Your breathe, it is dear. So please stay near.



C Am7 G7(G)
Will you stay awake for me?

Am7 G7(G) F
I don't wanna miss anything

G7(G)
I don't wanna miss anything

C Am7 G7(G)
I will share the air I breathe,

Am7 G7(G) F
I'll give you my heart on a string,

G7(G)
I just don't wanna miss anything.



C Am7 C C G7(G)
Say my name. I just want to hear you.

C F C G7(G) Am7
Say my name. So I know it's true.

C Am7
You're changing me. You're changing me.

C G7(G)
You showed me how to live.

Am7 G7(G)
So just say. So just say,


C Am7 G7(G)
That you'll stay awake for me.

C G7(G) F
I don't wanna miss anything.

G7(G)
I don't wanna miss anything.

C Am7 G7(G)
I will share the air I breathe,

Am7 G7(G) F
I'll give you my heart on a string,

G7(G)
I just don't wanna miss anything

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Chord Secondhand Serenade - Fall For You

Am F
The best thing about tonight’s that we’re not fighting
C G
It couldn’t be that we have been this way before
Am F
I know you don’t think that I am trying
C G
I know you’re wearing thin down to the cor
F G
But hold your breath


C Am
Because tonight will be the night that I will fall for you
F
Over again
G
Don’t make me change my mind
C
I won’t live to see another day
Am
I swear its true
F G
Because a girl like you is impossible to find
Am F C G
You’re impossible to find


Am F
This is not what I intended
C G
I always swore to you that I would never fall apart
Am F
You always thought that I was stronger
C
I may have failed
G
But I have loved you from the start
F G
Oh, But hold your breath


C Am
Because tonight will be the night that I will fall for you
F
Over again
G
Don’t make me change my mind
C
I won’t live to see another day
Am
I swear its true
F G
Because a girl like you is impossible to find

It's impossible


Am F C
So breathe in so deep
G Am
Breathe me in
F C
I’m yours to keep
G Am
And hold onto your words
F C
‘Cause talk is cheap
G F
And remember me tonight

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