7 acessos
Intro: (D - Em)
D
I left the east side for a west coast beauty
Em
A girl who burned my thoughts like kisses
Em
She was down by street decree
Em F#m G
She swore she'd pull my best years out of me
D
Fat painted lips on a live wire beauty
Em
A tangerine girl with tambourine eyes
Em
Her face was my favourite magazine
Em F#m G
Her body was my favourite book to read
G F#m Em D
They say that all poets must have and unrequited love
G F#m Em G
As all lovers must have thought provoking fears
G D G
But holding on to you means letting go on pain
G D
Means letting go of tears
G
Means letting go of rain
Em F#m G
Means letting go of what's not real
D
Holding on to you
A-C - D-F
D
I left the rough side for a seaside baby
Em
A chamomile smile that pouts on cue
Em
For every moment I breathe her sigh
Em
Her bosom contains my sweet alibi
D
In an emotional mist she breathes in fog
Em
And breathes it out as garden flowers
Em
Why me of all the tough talking boys?
Em F#m G
I guess she heard my heartbeat through the noise
G F#m Em D
They say that all poets must have and unrequited love
G F#m Em G
As all lovers must have thought provoking fears
G D G
But holding on to you means letting go of pain
D
Means letting go of tears
G
Means letting go of the rain
D
Holding on to you
G
Means letting sorrows real
Em F#m G
Means letting go of what's not real
D
Holding on to you
A-C - D-F
(D - Em - Em - Em - F#m - G - D)
G F#m Em D
They say that all poets must have and unrequited love
G F#m Em G
As all lovers must have thought provoking fears
D G
But holding on to you means letting sorrows heal
Em F#m G
Means letting go of what's not real
(G - F#m - Em - D - D)
Holding on to you
D
I left the east side for a west coast beauty
Em
A girl who burned my thoughts like kisses
Em
She was down by street decree
Em F#m G
She swore she'd pull my best years out of me
D
Fat wet lips on a sea salt canvas
Em
Goodbye Picasso hello Dolly/Dali
Em
The soil is fertile where her footsteps trod
Em
She's my new religion she's all I got
G F#m Em D
They say that all poets must have and unrequited love
G F#m Em G
As all lovers must have thought provoking fears
D G
But holding on to you means letting go of pain
D
Means letting go of tears
G
Means letting go of rain
G
Means letting sorrows heal
D
It means letting go