Words Fail

	  		
G                               F 
Verse 1:
I never meant to make it such a mess 
G                             C 
I never thought that it would go this far 
G         C          Cm 
So I just stand here sorry 
G             A 
Searching for something to say 
C 
Something to say 
        C   D       G  C 
Words fail, words fail 
C               D      G 
There's nothing I can say 

( G  C  G  C ) 

Verse 2:
G                            C 
I guess I thought I could be part of this 
G                         C 
I never had this kind of thing before 
G           C    Cm 
I never had that perfect girl 
G    A                    C 
Who somehow could see the good part of me 

Verse 3:
G                       C 
I never had the dad who stuck it out 
G                   C 
No corny jokes or baseball gloves 
G         C         Cm 
No mom who just was there 
G                 A                D 
'Cause mom was all that she had to be 

Pre-Chorus
Em                  C 
That's not a worthy explanation 
G               D 
I know there is none 
Em               Bm                 Am          D    Am 
Nothing can make sense of all these things I've done 

G       C   D       G 
Words fail, words fail 
C       F 
There's nothing I can say 
       G                  C 
Except sometimes, you see everything you wanted 
F   G                  C 
And sometimes, you see everything you wish you had 
F                     G            Am    G 
And it's right there, right there, right there 
   C 
In front of you 
         F         C 
And you want to believe it's true 
          F 
So you... make it true 
     G  C                F 
And you think maybe everybody wants it 
F 
And needs it 
C 
A little bit 
F 
Too 


( Fm  Bb  F  Bb ) 
( Db  C  G  Bb ) 

Bridge:
Dm               Bb 
This was just a sad invention 
F                 C 
It wasn't real, I know 
Dm 
But we were happy 
Am                 Bb 
I guess I couldn't let that go 
                   F 
I guess I couldn't give that up 
                       Dm 
I guess I wanted to believe 
                    C 
'Cause if I just believe 
                     Bb         C      Dm 
Then I don't have to see what's really there 

               Dm 
No, I'd rather pretend I'm something better than 
      Bb 
These broken parts 
F 
Pretend I'm something other than 
     C 
This mess that I am 
            Dm 
'Cause then I don't have to look at it 
    Bb 
And no one gets to look at it 
F              Bb     C 
No, no one can really see 

 
      Am               F              G 
'Cause I've learned to slam on the brake 
C        F    G 
Before I even turn the key 
Am       F        G 
Before I make the mistake 
C        F             Am       G 
Before I lead with the worst of me 
C                F       Am       G 
I never let them see the worst of me 

C F G 
       'Cause what if everyone saw? 
F C G 
      What if everyone knew? 
C F G 
      Would they like what they saw? 
F C           F            G 
     Or would they hate it too? 
Dm                  G            C           F 
Will I just keep on running away from what's true? 


C          Dm    F 
All I ever do is run 
          Dm     F 
So how do I step in 
              C Dm F  C Dm F 
Step into the sun? 
              C Dm F  C Dm F 
Step into the sun 

Final C  Dm  F 
      C  Dm  F