IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN ALL THE TIME

verse: [G (G D)] x2 Am C G (G D)
chorus: [Em (/F# G) C D] x2 Am C G D
bridge: [Bm C G D] x2 Bm C G G
outro: G D

waiting long distance heart
playing all of the parts
& i'm so lonely i'm ashamed
i've got to fail to learn so will
i only learn to fail, & still
i find i'm taking all the blame
a consequence of staying the same

CH.
& if i wait, & if i hope / am i giving myself rope
with which to hang my little head / or get my heart tied up instead
(it seems to happen all the time) x2

your little look in a photograph
i'm tangled up with my better half
& i'm a thief to my common sense
but which is worse, the do or die
the love i lost when i didn't try
your lips could pull me off the fence
maybe we could be good parents

[chorus]

BR.
i could hold you for a night / & when we walk we walk in time
swinging hands i know aren't mine / talking about our next time
we get to spend / (hoping this one never ends) x2

waiting long distance heart
it's my turn so i should start
i'll show you everything inside
& say i wish that you were mine
(it seems to happen all the time) x2
but this doesn't happen all the time

[outro]