Life We Chose

	  		
Intro: Em G Cadd9 

verse 1 
Em          G               Cadd9 
Hourglass inside of my bones 
Em               G              Cadd9 
Trapped inside a picture frame above your throat 
    Em           G           Cadd9 
You were someone else when I was too 
        Em         G            Cadd9 
Weren't we someone else, wasn't I? 
N.C. 
Weren't you? 

Instrumental 
Em G Cadd9 

verse 2 
    Em           G                Cadd9 
But giving up is harder said than done 
Em                   G 
Throwing stones, set love on fire 
   Cadd9 
We thought we'd won 
  Em                G                      Cadd9 
I thought I was the man that you thought I was too 
    Em 
But he went away 
G                     Cadd9 
He ran away with that girl I thought was you 
 
            C                G            D 
But we both know this is the life we chose 
        C             G           D 
We both know that the hourglass inside my bones 
            C                   G 
Will wither down and run out of time 
             D                        Em 
We'll try to mend it but we'll end up dying 
        C                G                 D 
We both know this is the life that we chose 


verse 3 
   Em             G            Cadd9 
So teary-eyed and desperate we manifest 
  Em                    G               Cadd9 
Into a creature brought on by fear of a destiny we dread 
         Em                  G                Cadd9 
Our four walls come down but somehow the roof suspends 
                Em                        G                   Cadd9 
It changed to a cloud, and down comes the rain as we near the end 

            C                G            D Dsus4 D 
But we both know this is the life we chose 
        C             G           D            Dsus4 D 
We both know that the hourglass inside my bones 
            C                   G 
Will wither down and run out of time 
             D                        Em 
We'll try to mend it but we'll end up dying 
        C                G                 D 
We both know this is the life that we chose
 

verse 4 
    Em                 G                 Cadd9 
But comin' back from a hit like that's a chore 
     Em                G                      Cadd9 
When we were trapped inside of a jail cell we both adore 
   Em               G                        Cadd9 
My head's a mess, I swear it's like a loaded gun 
Em                  G 
Set to explode at a flick of your soul 
       Cadd9 
I'm an awful mess and you said that you're done 

            C                G            D Dsus4 D 
But we both know this is the life we chose 
        C             G           D            Dsus4 D 
We both know that the hourglass inside my bones 
            C                   G 
Will wither down and run out of time 
             D                        Em 
We'll try to mend it but we'll end up dying 
        C                G                 D Dsus4 D 
We both know this is the life that we chose 
        C                G            D 
We both know this is the life that we chose 


Bridge 
          G 
There's a dark cloud over a love I have 
          C            G 
There's a rain upon my hair 
   G 
So wet on top of my head, my Lord 
        C               D 
Let the sun come out instead 
       G 
To the east I see the sunrise 
        C                 G 
But the west sunset still falls 
          G 
There's a dark cloud over a love I have 
           C            G 
And it can only last so long 
          G 
There's a land of gold where my eyes are set 
          C              G 
There's a land of gold I see 
          G 
Where the streams of water flow into the land 
          C               D 
Where the grass is always green 
       G 
To the east I see the sunrise 
        C                 G 
But the west sunset still falls 
          G 
There's a dark cloud over a love I have 
           C            G 
But it can only last so long 

            C                G            D Dsus4 D 
But we both know this is the life we chose 
        C             G           D            Dsus4 D 
We both know that the hourglass inside my bones 
            C                   G 
Will wither down and run out of time 
             D                        Em 
We'll try to mend it but we'll end up dying 
        C                G                 D Dsus4 D 
We both know this is the life that we chose 
        C                G            D 
We both know this is the life that we chose 
       C                G           D 
God, I hope this is the life that I chose