C#m       B          F#
E|----------|----------|-----------------|
B|---5---5--|---4---4--|-----------------|
G|----------|----------|---3---3---3---3-| (Picking can be played throughout song but
D|----------|----------|-----------------| is mainly used until after first chorus)
A|-4---4----|-2---2----|-----------------|
E|----------|----------|-2---2---2---2---|

[Verse 1]
             C#m
 It was only one time
B        F#
 I was obsessive, a little compulsive
                       C#m   B          F#
 Wondering what it'd be like without you
                  C#m
 Yeah it was only one night
B            F#
 I felt the wind in my hair

 But I wasn't prepared
                   C#m
For what it'd feel like
B       F#
 Without you

[Pre-Chorus]
                    C#m                B
 So I start giving less and less, and less
                          F#
 And you start wanting more, and more and more
                    C#m               B
 Now I just gotta get it off my chest
               F#
 That you just ain't the one no more

[Chorus]
                C#m
I had a thought
                      B
That turned into a thing
                     F#
A noise up in my head

Then it turned into a ring
                      C#m
I thought I'd always love you
               B
But now I can't
         F#
Ooh, I started an avalanche
                C#m
I had a thought
                       B
That turned into a thing
                    F#
A noise up in my head

Then it turned into a ring
                      C#m
I thought I'd always love you
               B
But now I can't
          F#
Ooh, I started an avalanchе
F#
(Oooh I've started an avalanche)

[Verse 2]
                     C#m
 Thought I was gonna miss you
B       F#
 But I don't, no I don't, no I don't
                     C#m B F#
 And now we got a situation
          C#m                 B
 These thoughts that startеd in my head
      F#
 So cold had a snowball effect
     C#m            B
 Oh no, I tried, I can't outrun
      F#
 The damage is already done


[Chorus]
                C#m
I had a thought
                      B
That turned into a thing
                     F#
A noise up in my head

Then it turned into a ring
                      C#m
I thought I'd always love you
               B
But now I can't
         F#
Ooh, I started an avalanche
                C#m
I had a thought
                       B
That turned into a thing
                    F#
A noise up in my head

Then it turned into a ring
                      C#m
I thought I'd always love you
               B
But now I can't
          F#
Ooh, I started an avalanchе
C#m

[Post-Chorus]
     B                   F#                               C#m
I started, I started, I started a I started an avalanche
     B                   F#                               C#m
I started, I started, I started a I started an avalanche

[Instumental]
    C#m       B          F#
E|----------|----------|-----------------|
B|-------5--|-------4--|------2-------2--|
G|---4-4----|---4--4---|---3-3-----3-3---|
D|--6-6-----|--4-4-----|--4-4-----4-4----|
A|-4--------|-2--------|-----------------|
E|----------|----------|-2-------2-------|


[Bridge]
                   C#m               B
So I start giving less and less, and less
                      F#
And you start wanting more, and more and more
                  C#m               B
Now I just gotta get it off my chest
               F#
That you just ain't the one no more

[Chorus]
                C#m
I had a thought
                      B
That turned into a thing
                     F#
A noise up in my head

Then it turned into a ring
                      C#m
I thought I'd always love you
               B
But now I can't
         F#
Ooh, I started an avalanche
                C#m
I had a thought
                       B
That turned into a thing
                    F#
A noise up in my head

Then it turned into a ring
                      C#m
I thought I'd always love you
               B
But now I can't
          F#
Ooh, I started an avalanchе
C#m

[Outro]
     B                     F#
I started, I started, I started a (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
                  C#m
I started an avalanche
     B                     F#
I started, I started, I started a (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
                  C#m
I started an avalanche
     B                     F#
I started, I started, I started a (Ooh, ooh)
                  C#m
I started an avalanche
     B                     F#
I started, I started, I started a (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
                  C#m
I started an avalanche