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Standard (EADGBE)

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If I counted up the hours I spent on the phone to you

Or waiting at train stations to meet you

I’d give myself maybe a thousand hours estimate

And that still wouldn’t make up for the sleep you made me lose

If someone told me I could have it all back

No more writing or reflecting or thinking on what could be

I’d tell that person they don’t know me at all

Cos you made me who I am and they don’t get how much you mean to me

This may come as a surprise

But I don’t care if we fight

Cos I’d rather that you lie

Then you not be there at all

So I’ll sing you some clichés

As I count down day by day

Till I board another train

So I’ll spend another night writing about you all I can

And revel in our shared sense of nostalgia

Memories made from Waterloo to Hyde Park, Covent Garden, Camden Market, Squares of

and Trafalgar

If someone told me I could give it all back

No more hostels or those long goodbyes where no-one wants to go

I’d talk about the time we sung in the rain

Skipping buses cos you didn’t want to leave me to go home

This may come as a surprise,

But I love the sleepless nights

Though I tend to speak my mind

I go overboard, I know

So I’ll sing you some clichés

As I count down day by day

Till I board another train

This may come as a surprise

But I don’t care if we fight

Cos I’d rather that you lie

Then you not be there at all

So I’ll sing you some clichés

As I count down day by day

Till I board another train

2. Hearts

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Same as verse

There’s someone out there in the world like you

With perfect glossy hair and skinny jeans from Camden

But they won’t be able to drive me crazy

‘Cos that’s a curse that only you seem to know how to do

And everytime I see you

It takes days for me to get back on my feet

I’m not that good at writing but I thought you should know

Every song’s about you ‘cos you’re everywhere I go

If all we do is hold hands and laugh at stuff on TV

That’ll still be a real good day for me

There’s someone out there in the world like you

Who has such a way with words that I couldn’t resist him

But I don’t think you’d be impressed

‘Cos even if he’s more available, he won’t have my honesty

And everytime I need you

I know you’ll never be far away from me

I’m not that good at writing but I thought you should know

Every song’s about you ‘cos you’re everywhere I go

If all we do is hold hands and laugh at stuff on TV

That’ll still be a real good day for me

There’s people out there in the world like us

Who have chemistry and the common sense to act on it

But who needs simplicity in this candid game of hearts

We’ll just keep dancing ’till we tear ourselves apart

I’m not that good at writing but I thought you should know

Every song’s about you ‘cos you’re everywhere I go

If all we do is hold hands and laugh at stuff on TV

That’ll still be a real good day for me

3. No More

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Outro

I watched the city lights go up in Glasgow

And I thought about the stupid things we said the night before

There were so many words I had to say

So I wrote ’till I just couldn’t write no more

I knew that come tomorrow, I’d be leaving

And I didn’t want to bring it up because I’d miss you all

There were so many things I could regret

So I’ll think ’till I just can’t think no more

Here comes another night of trying to forget what I won’t remember

And I can’t move forward ’till I push you back

I won’t stop ’till I make it back to you

But I need time to find out what I want from you

And when I clear these voices in my head

I’ll hear what you’ve been saying and we’ll sleep under the stars

I’m told that people like to call us dreamers

Because we won’t ever stop until we’ve done all we can do

There are so many things I haven’t seen

So I’ll look ’till I just can’t look no more

And if I told you everything I wanted

Would you close your eyes or look away or say you didn’t hear

There are so many things I need from you

So I’ll sing ’till I just can’t sing no more

I won’t stop ’till I make it back to you

But I need time to find out what I want from you

And when I clear these voices in my head

I’ll hear what you’ve been saying and we’ll sleep under the stars

Sat under this tree with you, the rain is on our faces

And I can’t think of a single place where I would rather be

Don’t forget, if you ever need me, I’m only a vodka away from you

Don’t forget there’s nothing you could say, nothing you can say that’s any use to me

Don’t forget, if you ever need me, I’m only a vodka away from you

Don’t forget there’s nothing you could say, nothing you can say that’s any use to me

4. Holding On

Intro

Hammering on C

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A million and one thousand things are screaming in my head

And I can’t seem to forget, can’t stop thinking about you

I could ride across the sky in a bicycle built for two

Could you teach me how to ride, like you taught me how to feel alive?

And not a single day goes by when I don’t wish for you

To watch me pause to find the words to steal your heart away

But I’ll play every word back round and round to try and find

A clue you might have left behind to say you feel the same

And even if I know

I’ll never be your Leo

I’ll keep holding on

A hundred and three thousand ghosts are laughing in my dreams

My eyes are failing me, everywhere I look I see you

I could bake a chocolate cake for you with tiers up to the moon

Could you show me how it’s done, like you showed me how to fall in love?

You’ll never see that I’m the one who never left you

When you needed me to cry to ‘cos your heart got broke again

So I’ll play until the strings on my guitar give out,

And I’ll be aching from the pain of trying to pretend

And even if I know

I’ll never be your Leo

I’ll keep holding on

5. Candy Floss

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We ran through the rain together

You said I looked nice, I said you looked pretty

You held my hand, you pulled me close

And whispered “take me home”

We turned around as fast as we could

And jumped on the very next train

I said “I love you more than life”

You said “I feel the same”

And we talked about nothing forever

You spoke to the walls, they told you a story

The world spun underneath our feet

As we shut our exhausted eyes

We wrote our names in a heart on the sand

And saw the sea wash it away

I said “I want you in my life”

She said “okay”

She was gonna go, but I said “no, I don’t think so”

She looked at me, she smiled at me

And now I’ll tell you what she said:

“Do you like candy floss?”

I said “yeah, it’s alright”

She said “take me to a fun fair and we’ll eat candy floss tonight”

And we spun on the teacups

Round and round and round until we felt dizzy

You asked me to win you a bear

And said it was fine when I failed

(And we all know those things are rigged anyway.)

You and me, spinning through the trees ’till our faces were blue

I’ll always be that little boy sharing candy floss with you

6. What You Do

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Come, come up to meet

You and I see

All of the world inside your eyes

And I am alive

You move closer to me

I know what you need

I’m gonna set your heart on fire

Feel you inside

I’m addicted to what you do

I’m in love with the way you move

Breathing in every word you say

And all of the promises you make

I know you’ll keep them

Legs twisting round me

Hearing you speak

Saying the things I need to hear

We disappear

Your skin against me

Slide desperately

Tingles are slipping down my spine

You make you mine

I’m addicted to what you do

I’m in love with the way you move

Breathing in every word you say

And all of the promises you make

I know you’ll keep them

I’m addicted to what you do

I’m in love with the way you move

Breathing in every word you say

And all of the promises you make

Oh God I need them

7. No Sacrifice

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I wish I could be the person everybody thinks that I’m not

Surrender to an image until personality becomes lost

I don’t want to be the one who always leaves you out in the rain

Every time I try I end up making all the same mistakes

I wish I could stop reacting badly when you speak to me

Push away reaction and just show you what I want you to see

I don’t want to be the one who’s always getting in your way

If I let you go, you could be better for it anyway

I can see who I want to be, but I’m not sure I can reach it anymore

I’ve got no sacrifice, the fantasy of you left me unsure

I think if I think too much I’ll think myself away from you

Thinking never does anyone good if it is all too soon

Memories are remedies to stopping me want you too much

Memory’s my ecstasy to keep me craving you enough

Never have I met another person who is quite like you

Moving on without you would be such a stupid thing to do

Why must you be laughing in my head if I don’t want you there?

Why do I indulge a single moment to making me care?

I can see who I want to be, but I’m not sure I can reach it anymore

(I wish I could be the person everybody thinks that I’m not)

I’ve got no sacrifice, the fantasy of you left me unsure

(I wish I could stop reacting badly when you speak to me)

I can see who I want to be, but I’m not sure I can reach it anymore

(I think if I think too much I’ll think myself away from you)

I’ve got no sacrifice, the fantasy of you left me unsure

8. Impossible Dreams

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This land’s so alien to me

But I just felt comfortable here

And now I don’t know the way home

I don’t know where I’m trying to go

The streets here have numbers

The buildings in blocks

But none of the street signs are pointing to you

I’ve seen a whole different world

The sky’s getting darker, the air’s getting cooler

And I just can’t win anymore

So forgive me, my darling

We all have impossible dreams

I tried so many new things

Smashes don’t matter against memories

Seems that I made the wrong choice

I’d say sorry but I have no voice

To tell you that decisions are hard

And my world is so small

Nothing matters unless you’re satisfied

Who else can I share my chai with

Now the sky’s getting darker, the air getting cooler

And I just can’t win anymore

So forgive me, my darling

We all have impossible dreams

I don’t know much of my life

But I know I want people to know

Maybe I might sing along

As if this was only a song

But now the sky’s getting darker, the air getting cooler

And I just can’t win anymore

So forgive me, my darling

9. Sicily

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Sat in peaceful scenery

The city lights shine bright around me

The smell of last night’s dinner is still breezing through the air

Dozing in tranquility

The morning sun hangs high above me

Clicking camera shutters catch bewildered foreign stares

And I must be away from my home

But it feels so close to me

And I must be away from my home

But it feels so close to me

Clifftop is our tapestry

The sunlit sky does well to cool me

Drifting past the villas in a coach without a care

Blackjack in serenity

Fellow makers ride beside me

Walking through an archway and admiring what lies there

And I must be away from my home

But it feels so close to me

And I must be away from my home

But it feels so close to me

Sat in peaceful scenery

The city lights shine bright around me

Smell of last night’s dinner is still breezing through the air

Through the air

10. How We Were

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Bridge

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Outro

Same as verse

Things I like to think about involving me and you include a wait for a proposal

a London cloud

We make choices and they take us closer to our future and the day I wake up next to you

safe and sound

Maybe we can spend a little time, growing old and drinking wine

Looking forward to the things we’ve yet to face

And if they bring us pearls for us to wear on Judgement Day

We can think ourselves quite lucky that we haven’t worn away

I want to know if this could be something that you could believe in

Or am I just saying words again

I remember how we were, before you became intoxicating

I remember how we were, before I could feel my will escaping

I remember how we were, before my mind was inundated

With wishes of you getting lost in me

Things I have to think about when I don’t know if you will do your best to make this

or if you won’t reciprocate

I could stand in front of you and offer you my world but if you’re not quite ready yet

you will leave me lost in space

Maybe we can spend a couple days, high on life and cheap champagne

Dancing as we discuss possibility

And if hypothetically the two of us become more strange

I’ll think myself quite lucky you don’t throw my hand away

I want to know if this could be something that you could believe in

Or am I just saying words again

I remember how we were, before you became intoxicating

I remember how we were, before I could feel my will escaping

I remember how we were, before my mind was inundated

With wishes of you getting lost in me

11. Don't Look Back

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“When it gets to midnight/we both know what we want”: D, Dm

Chorus

This won’t be the first time that I’ll give it all I’ve got

I promise I don’t mean for everything to turn out wrong

I’m not a complex person, wind me up and watch me go

You’ll always be second to my love for the unknown

It’s late and your nose is turning red from the cold

Our feet are walking rhythmically and crumpling the snow

And I have got myself a question that I would like to ask

When it gets to midnight, will you take my freezing hands and dance?

And it’s too late for me, but you can still be free if you leave now

And don’t look back, my love

I’m a sucker for stability, which might come as a surprise

But I can’t help but love the way you smile to one side

We don’t need the music to remind us what we’ve lost

I can barely move my fingers and I’m slipping on the frost

Now the dark is all around us but for the full moon in the sky

The world is silent to me, we’re the only ones alive

And I can see my breath in front of me, dancing in the air with yours

We both know what we want, but we can’t cos we’re so unsure

And it’s too late for me, but you can still be free if you leave now

And don’t look back, my love