Bm                  D                 A         E
You lived your life like you were on fire, but how could I dance?
Bm              D             A                E
When your soul just lifted me higher and higher and higher?
Bm         D        A          E
Paint bleeds, ink runs, image of your love
Em               A
Your memory, our history

(Why did you have to go?)

[Chorus 1]
Bm  D              A         E              Bm
    I'd give up my eyes to see you one last time
D                A                  E
And I'd give all my fingertips to touch you
            Bm          D              A              E
And I could paint you picture perfect, even if I were blinded
Em                 A
But you had to die for me to see how to live

Bm             D
(For me to see how, how)
A              E
(For me to see how, ohhh)
Bm             D
(For me to see how, how)
A              E
(For me to see how, ohhh)

[Verse 2]
Bm         D              A            E
I lived my life hiding in shadows, but now I can see
Bm         D                A            E
'Cause your soul is lifting me higher and higher and higher
Bm           D                A          E
Paint bleeds, I can't breathe, need you here with me
Em             A
Close my eyes, I can feel you close

(Why did you have to go?)

[Chorus 2]
Bm  D              A         E              Bm
    I'd give up my eyes to see you one last time
D                A                  E
And I'd give all my fingertips to touch you
            Bm          D              A              E
And I could paint you picture perfect, even if I were blinded
Em                 A
But you had to die for me to see how to live

[Bridge]
Bm      D         A        E
Angels fall, it's not your fault
Bm       D         A       E
Time goes on without you (without you)
Bm        D         A        E
Goodbye old friend, we'll meet again
Em              A
Life goes on without you

(Why did you have to go?)

[Chorus 2]
Bm  D              A         E              Bm
    I'd give up my eyes to see you one last time
D                A                  E
And I'd give all my fingertips to touch you
            Bm          D              A              E
And I could paint you picture perfect, even if I were blinded
Em                 A
But you had to die for me to see how to live

Bm             D
(For me to see how, how)
A              E
(For me to see how, live)
Bm             D
(For me to see how, how)
A              E
(For me to see how, live)