Janani K Jha

Intro C Em Am x2 [Verso 1] C Em Am Storytime was a special time for the girl on the cul-de-sac C Em Words shed hear made worlds appear Am Brought light to the fading black C Em Shed wish on satellites instead of stars Am To her, they were the same C Em She wrote poetry from her parents car Am Oh, its such a shame C Em Am That she left it unread C Em Am F All the stories, she left them unsaid [Pré-Refrão] Am Skinned knees, climbing trees Em F All the dreams that I used to believe (ooh) Am Now I stay asleep just to see Em F The smile of the girl I used to be [Refrão] C Em Am Where are you Ms. Protagonist? C Em Am Its not like you C Em Am To lose yourself like this C E When are you coming home? Am Or have you outgrown N.C. Ms. Protagonist? [Verso 2] C Am F C Am F You squeeze my hand three times in the back of the taxi C Am F I can tell that it's gonna be a long road C Am F I'll be there if you're the toast of the town babe Or if you strike out and you're crawling home [Refrão] C Am F G Don't read the last page C Am F G But I stay when it's hard or its wrong or we're making mistakes Am F G I want your midnights C Am F G But I'll be cleaning up bottles with you on New Years Day [Pós-Refrão] C Am F G Hold on to the memories, they will hold on to you C Am F G Hold on to the memories, they will hold on to you C Am F G Hold on to the memories, they will hold on to you Am Em F G Am And I will hold on to you [Ponte] F Memories fall apart C We lose em in the dark Where did you go? G Where did you go? Em Am Where did you go? F She wouldn't let herself C Belong to someone else G Em C Em With a love too big to ever fit in someone elses words (Please don't...) [Refrão] Am Ms. Protagonist? (...ever become a stranger whose) C Em Am Its not like you (Laugh I could recognise anywhere) To lose yourself like this C Em Am C Em When are you coming home? (Please don't ever become a stranger whose) Am G Or have you outgrown? (Hold on...) [Pós-Refrão] C Am F G Please don't ever become a stranger (...to the memories, they will hold on to you) C Am F G Whose laugh I could recognize anywhere (Hold on to the memories they will hold on to you) C Am F G Please don't ever become a stranger (Hold on to the memories they will hold on to you) C Am F G Whose laugh I could recognize anywhere (And I will hold on to you) Outro C Am F C Am F