Intro:

D  -  Am  -  C  -  G


Verse 1:

D                    Am
One day well on one tombstone
          C
All our names should go
              G
We shared a life
      D             Am
The beauty and the ugliness
                    C
Through all we've been and with
                 G
The birth of a child


Chorus:

 D                                               Am
Thanks for throwing me the line when I've lost sight of it
  C                            G
You're the only reason I can exhale
     D                                         Am
And now, suddenly, oh, when I find that the outcome's just not right
              C
From what I just did
                                G
You're the only thing I can breathe through


Verse 2:
          D                                       Am
You're heaven, my sweet friends, a few lines of poetry
           C                         G
It may be laughable, but thanks for laughing with me
D                                       Am
Yes, and the next time I wrap myself around a tree
                            C
And I know that you'll be there with bells on
                   G
Yeah, to pull me off


Chorus:

 D                                               Am
Thanks for throwing me the line when I've lost sight of it
  C                            G
You're the only reason I can exhale
     D                                         Am
And now, suddenly, oh, when I find that the outcome's just not right
              C
From what I just did
                                G
You're the only thing I can breathe through


Bridge:

 C                       G                D
And you can tell me a story I've heard before
                    C
I was such a motherfucker then
           G                     D
And you didn't tell me where to go

C  -  G  -  D


Chorus:

 D                                               Am
Thanks for throwing me the line when I've lost sight of it
  C                            G
You're the only reason I can exhale
     D                                         Am
And now, suddenly, oh, when I find that the outcome's just not right
              C
From what I just did
                                G
You're the only thing I can breathe through


Chorus:

 D                                               Am
Thanks for throwing me the line when I've lost sight of it
  C                            G
You're the only reason I can exhale
     D                                         Am
And now, suddenly, oh, when I find that the outcome's just not right
              C
From what I just did
                                G
You're the only thing I can breathe through


D     Am          C                             G
          Ah... you're the only reason I can exhale

D  -  Am  -  C  -  G