intro
C E Am x2
verse
C E
Your hands were cold
Am
Your voice was shaky
C E Am
One morning not too long ago
C E Am
And at the time I was only a child
C E Am
About to lose my childlike mind
D
The way you touched my hands
C G Am
Like you never had before
G Am G
It wasn't you anymore
verse
C E
I called for my brothers
Am
I called for my sisters
C E Am
But there was nothing left for them to do
D
And so I watched from far away
C G Am
As the ambulances came
G Am G
And started dressing for school
chorus
C G Dm Am G
Good bye sweet mother earth
C G Dm Am G
With out you now I'm a Lonely Universe
D
You won't always understand
C G Am
When you've truly loved someone
G Am G
Until after they've gone
verse
C E Am
This time of year the nights fall longer
C E Am
So grow a spine or catch cold
C E Am
The winter months they do make you feel stronger
C E Am
But in the end it's all getting old
D C G Am
And you won't always be walking the safest streets
G Am G
But you can find your way home
verse
C G Dm Am G
If you have imagined your way back
C G Dm Am G
Then my dear you're more than halfway there
D
And you might only possess
C G Am
What you've carried on your back
G
But you've always been free
Am G
Now it's time to believe
verse
C G Dm Am G
Time to give up that unforgiving act of altogetherness
C G Dm Am G
And start living out your oldest childhood dreams
C G Dm Am G
Well, losing your minds it ain't half as bad as it seems
D
And if you would take the risk
C G Am
Well, it might be worth your time
G
It's only your life
Am G
It's only going by
chorus
C G Dm Am G
Goodbye sweet mother earth
C G Dm Am G
Without you now I'm a Lonely Universe
D
You won't always understand
C G Am
When you've truly loved some one
G Am G
Until after they've gone
