If We Were Vampires

[Intro] Dm  Am  Bb
        Dm  Am  Bb
        Dm  F  Dm  F  C

[First Part]

              Dm            Am
It's not the long, flowing dress
            Bb
That you're in
       Dm           Am          Bb
Or the light coming off of your skin
     Dm                            
The fragile heart you protected for
     F
 so long
       Dm
Or the mercy in your sense
              F    C
Of right and wrong
              Dm              Am
It's not your hands searching slow
        Bb
In the dark
         Dm            Am  
Or your nails leaving love's 
        Bb
watermark
     Dm                            
It's not the way you talk me off 
   F
the roof´
      Dm
Your questions like directions
         F   C
To the truth

[Chorus]

      Bb                           
It's knowing that this can't go on 
   F
forever
Continues after the ad
 Bb                             F
Likely one of us will have to spend
            C
Some days alone
 Bb                            F
Maybe we'll get forty years together
     C               Bb
But one day I'll be gone
                      Dm  C
Or one day you'll be gone

[Second Part]

           Dm            Am       
If we were vampires and death was 
   Bb
a joke
        Dm         Am         
We'd go out on the sidewalk and 
   Bb
smoke
 Dm                              
Laugh at all the lovers and their 
  F
plans
  Dm                            
I wouldn't feel the need to hold 
        F  C
your hand
       Dm          Am        Bb
Maybe time running out is a gift
           Dm            Am       
I'll work hard 'til the end of my 
  Bb
shift
     Dm                          F
And give you every second I can find
     Dm                        
And hope it isn't me who's left 
   F    C
behind

[Chorus]

       Bb                          
It's knowing that this can't go on 
   F
forever
 Bb                             F
Likely one of us will have to spend
            C
Some days alone
 Bb                            F
Maybe we'll get forty years together
     C               Bb
But one day I'll be gone
                      Dm   C
Or one day you'll be gone

[Solo] Dm  Am  Bb
       Dm  Am  Bb
       Dm  F  Dm  F  C
       Dm  Am  Bb
       Dm  Am  Bb
       Dm  F  Dm  F  C

[Chorus]

       Bb                          
It's knowing that this can't go on 
   F
forever
 Bb                             F
Likely one of us will have to spend
            C
Some days alone
 Bb                            F
Maybe we'll get forty years together
     C               Bb
But one day I'll be gone
                      Dm   C
Or one day you'll be gone

[Outro] Dm  Am  Bb
        Dm  Am  Bb