A Thousand Years

C  /  / G7 Dm C  /  /  C  F   C   Em

[Verse 1]
C                   G   F    C 
Heart, beats. fast, Col-ours 
              G   F   C  Dm  C
and prom-is-es, how to  be bra-ave,
G   F   C Dm   C    G7  C   
How can I love when I'm 
               G   F    C
a-fraid, to, fall, watching you 
stand, a-lone,
G   F  Am Dm  C    G   F   C 
All of my dou-bts, sud-den-ly
 Dm   C G7  C    Am        G7  
 goes a-way some-how, one, 
  C     G7
step, clo - ser.

[Chorus 1]
C                       G  F    
I have died, every day, waiting 
Em  C
for you, darling don't, be afraid,
G  F    Em    C          F     
I  have loved you, for a 
Em   Am     C                    
thou..sand years, I’ll love you, 
F    C    Dm
for a thou-sand more.

[Verse 2]
C                    G   F  C  
Time, stands, still, beauty in 
              G  F    C  Dm  C
all, she, is, I  will be bra-ave,
G F    C   Dm   C  G7 C     
I will not let, an-y-thing 
            G          F    C
take, a-way, what's standing in 
front, of, me,
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G F  Am Dm  C    G F  C  Dm 
E-ve-ry bre-ath, e-ve-ry 
  C   G7   Am           G7   C  
hour has come to this, one step 
   G7
clo - ser

[Repeat Chorus 1]
C                       G  F    
I have died, every day, waiting 
Em  C
for you, darling don't, be afraid,
G  F    Em    C          F     
I  have loved you, for a 
Em   Am     C                    
thou..sand years, I’ll love you, 
F    C    Dm
for a thou-sand more.

[Chorus 2]
C                      Am C     
All along, I believed, I  would 
Em   C
find you, time has brought, your 
heart to me,
Am C    Em    C          F     
I  have loved you, for a 
Em   Am     C                    
thou..sand years, I’ll love you, 
F    C    G
for a thou-sand more.


[Instrumental:   Chords of above 
chorus]

C                      Am C     

Em   C

Am C    Em    C          F     

Em   Am     C                    

F    C    G

           Am   F     G
Add:   One step clo - ser


[Repeat Chorus 2]
                       Am  C     
All along, I believed, I   would 
Em   C
find you, time has brought, your 
heart to me,
Am C    Em    C          F     
I  have loved you, for a 
Em   Am     C                    
thou..sand years, I’ll love you, 
F    C    G
for a thou-sand more.


[Other]
C                      Am  C     
All along, I believed, I   would 
Em   C
find you, time has brought, your 
heart to me,
Am C    Em    C          F     
I  have loved you, for a 
Em   Am     C                    
thou..sand years, I’ll love you, 
F    C    G
for a thou-sand more.
C                      Am  C     Em 
  C         F    C            C     
(last C, 1 octave higher)
                                    
          A thou-sand         more.