I Kept Talking Like You Were There Even When I Knew You Werent
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[Verso 1]
D
I foldes my hands like a habit
D
white knuckled, fighting to breathe.
Bm A
I swallowed the panic you gave me, like mercy comes to those who plead
D D
I said your name for my protection, like it ever worked that way
Bm
They swear youre close, they say youre listening
A
I say your name, you stay away
D
They say youre close, say youre listening
D
Youre moving where I cant see
Bm A
Funny how youre always talking, when its never you and me
[Refrão]
D D
I keep talking like you´re in the air, saying your fucking name
Bm A
I wait for something to answer back, but nothing ever came
[Verso 2]
D D
I drag my guilt out in the open, laid it all out in rows
Bm A
I emptied every honest one, to earn relief you owed
D D
I tore myself down to be smaller, to stay within what you allow
Bm A
I learned how to disappear, quietly, so you wouldnt burn me out
[Refrão]
D D
I keep talking like your in the air, saying your fucking name
Bm A
Every promise just doubles back, and leaves me here the same
[Ponte]
G D Bm
You call my doubt a kind of sin, say my anger proves Im wrong
A G
If this is how you choose to speak, say it to me, not passed along
[Refrão]
D D
I keep talking like youre in the air, screaming your fucking name
Bm A
If you were real, youd answer back, not disappear in shame
D D
So where the fuck are you? speak clear, no smoke, no flame
Bm A G
I dont need oceans split in two, just say my fucking name
Bm A
Woahhhh oh oh oh
D D
I kept talking like you were in the air, said your fucking name
Bm A
Nothing ever answered back, and nothing ever changed
D D
So where the fuck are you? speak clear, no smoke, no flame
Bm A G
I dont need oceans split in two, just say my fucking name
Bm A
Fucking name
D D
I kept talking like you were in the air, said your fucking name
Bm A D
Nothing ever answered back, and nothing ever changed
How to play I Kept Talking Like You Were There Even When I Knew You Werent
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What is the starting chord?
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