So take your colorful bruises, the signs of battles fought.
And surrender your last defenses and the love you secretly bought. Now your friends are all your enemies and your foes your nightmares. And the only bit of love that is left you’ve rejected and left it there.

C#m-Bsus-D-E-D

C#m-Bsus-A2-Bsus

Verse Two:

In the spaces of your heart where your lovers once lived is filled with scabs and bandages to hide to cost of this.
And you reassure yourself this is all for the best that you renounce all that you’ve known to seek this selfishness.

C#m-Bsus-D-E-D

C#m-Bsus-A2-Bsus

Bridge A:

Have you reached your treasure? Have you found your crown? Have you realized the scorn and sting now that you’re facing the ground?

Bridge B:

Now you have your treasure. Now you have your crown. Now you’ve gained your reward from this, now that you have only yourself.

Bridge C:

This is your last surrender, this is your last surrender, this is your last surrender.

January Skies

-Intro:
G/C2 (Dsus)

-Verse One:
G/C2
Looking up at January skies, so bright. I just wish that I could look into your eyes tonight.

-Pre-Chorus:
Em7-C2-Dsus4
And I make this promise I intend to keep. I’ll hold you close, so close to me.

-Chorus:
G-Am-C2-Dsus4
Only you’re so far away but distance makes the heart grow fonder.
You’re so far away and my heart is left to wander.

-Verse Two:
G/C2
Looking up at January stars, it’s hard…To Tell you the way I feel in my heart, so hard.

-Bridge:
Em7-C2-G-Dsus4
And I hope this wish finds you well. And there’s just one thing I’d like to tell…you…

-Outro:
(G-C) (G-C-Cmaj7-Cadd9)

Shining Like The Sun

Verse One:

E(h)-B-A2-C#m-B

You held me by the hand and helped me learn to stand and bounced me on your knee when I was young. And when the tears would fall there was no need to call you were right there to wipe them away.

Pre-Chorus One:

C#m-A2 / C#m-A2-B

Now the years have passed and it seems I've grown so fast but loving you is something I can't outgrow.

Chorus One:

E(h)-B-A2-C#m-B

Lora…Shining like the sun, look at all you've done. Lora…Do you have to go? Do you have to go?

Verse Two:

E(h)-B-A2-C#m-B

All along I knew this day would come, now you're gone. But it seemed too soon to say goodbye to you.

Pre-Chorus Two:

C#m-A2 / C#m-A2-B

Now looking back on all you taught me. I hope you're smiling over me.

Chorus Two:

E(h)-B-A2-C#m-B

Lora…Shining like the sun, look at all you've done. Lora…Your love still lives on even though you're gone. (x2)

Bridge:

C#m-A2 / C#m-A2-B

And when I cry from time to time I swear I can feel you wipe away my tears…

Angel

-Verse One:

B-C#m-A

I said I'd meet you there at seven and we could dance the whole night through. So here I am waiting for you. I can't wait just to see you. You move across the room in beauty, people whisper everywhere. You're barely inches from me. But all I can do is stare and say…

-Chorus:

E-C#m-A-B

I love you, I need you. You're everything I've ever wanted. My angel, to light my heart when things get dark.

-Verse Two:

Now you're safe in my arms. The light shimmers off your hair. Your scent is all around me. I'm careless without fear. Your love overcomes me. And I hold you so very near. Your eyes are fixed on me, as you whisper in my ear…

Ending Chorus:

E-C#m-A-B

I love you, I need you. You're everything I've ever wanted. My angel, to light my heart when things get dark.

A Reflection of Nights Spent Alone(Poem)

I spent many nights under dark blue skies, wishing on stars, thinking of you. And in moments like this I find my rest among the nightlife unlike all the rest. Memories and fireflies are my best-friends and they help me cope and keep me from the bend. For moonlit nights I dreamed of nothing but you and it left me broken that you slept so far away. And often I wonder, who stars in your dreamland skies? Who takes your heart and steals away your breath? How I would love to be your everything and be the star's twinkle in your soft brown eyes. I can wish and hope on every star the night gives forth and dream of you being mine. If only you take me as your own will these nights not be spent so long in vain.

Boy Meets Girl, Girl Crushes Boy

Verse One:

E-A2-B-C#m-A2

It goes boy meets girl, girl crushes boy and so the chase begins. Beautiful girl, outcast guy and he wonders- why not me? She says it's just the way the world turns, it's just the way I feel that makes me the way I am. He sits in class and dreams her, she's every guys pin-up queen.

Chorus One:

C#m-A2-B

And still he craves this thing called love…(x2)

Verse Two:

E-A2-B-C#m-A2

It goes boy meets world, world crushes hope it happens everyday. Society rates you on popularity so his dreams just remain a dream. He tries his hardest he tries his best but still he ends up with less. He takes his portion he holds it tight then he says I'll never give up the fight.

Chorus Two:

C#m-A2-B

And still he longs for popularity…(x2)

Bridge A:

E-A2-B-A2 (pm)

He lays in bed at night and talks to sheets and tells them all his hopes and tells them all his dreams. He dreams of having that girl, he hopes for popularity then he drifts off to sleep, then he drifts off to sleep.

Bridge B:

E-A2-B-A2-C#m-A2-B

Dream with all you are, hope with everything. Don't let circumstances tell you that you can't. Hold on to your hope, reach for your dreams. And may life be happy and may you feel complete

Watch Me

Verse:

G-Cadd9-G/B-Dsus4-D

I can try to be civil but you'll never agree, it's like you get a kick out of fighting with me. All along I knew this wouldn't work out but you lead me to believe that you believed in you and me.

Chorus:

C2-Dsus4-G-Em7

I scream out silently and my ears are deafening. And you find it funny to sit there and watch me cry and bleed, just sit there and watch me cry and bleed.

Outro:

Hey it's just what I need!

The Venom of Heartache

Verse:

C#m-Bsus-A2-E

Why do you have to be so cruel after all I've done for you. Lying here waiting as you sit debating whether to leave me or not. And I keep on dying but ego is blinding you from seeing my fall.

Chorus:

I would die just to taste real love instead of the venom of heartache. I would die just to taste real love, just to taste real love.

Bridge A:

How long must I fall until you notice me (x2)

Bridge B:

Can you hear me calling? Can you hear me scream? The heartbreak is wrenching! My words go unheard, I go unseen!

Deaf

(Capo on 3rd fret/optional)

Verse One:

Am-Fmaj7-C-G

I know I should rejoice but I cant help but grieve. My flesh is so weak, I give in helplessly. I only hear what I want to hear and so it goes. Until the truth rears and I have to let go.

Chorus:

And silently I pray, make the pain the go away. In solitude I lay, Lord give me a brighter day some way…

Verse Two:

I know you love me but it hurts anyway. I wish these tears could wash my pain away. Another day, cold, alone, on my own, another tear to cry to add to my flood of mistakes.

These Arms

Verse One:

Cadd9-G-Em7

The smell of my hair, the twinkle of my eye things you knew all too well. The smile on my face, the ring on my hand reminds you of what could've been.

(Em7-C2-G/B-D/F#)

Cadd9-G-Em7

The sound of my voice, late night whispers on the phone times like those have now passed on. The cry of heartaches, tearing at our souls, all too familiar as we try to move on.

Chorus

Em7-C2-G/B-D/F#

Do you still want to be held by these arms? Do you miss them like they miss you? Do you ever cry at night and stare at starry skies? Lord knows I do.

Em7-C2-G/B-D/F#

Verse Two:

Cadd9-G-Em7

The taste of my lips, the sound of my beating heart, do you ever long for them? The scent of my body, the tenderness of my touch, touching your heart.

(Em7-C2-G/B-D/F#)

Cadd9-G-Em7

The kiss in front of the Christmas-tree, the one you'll always remember. The way I brushed your hair from your eyes, made you shake and shiver.

Love Sonata

Verse One:

E-D#m-A2-C#m-Bsus

Breathe in so deep, cannot see, cannot speak, you're all I have, I'm all you need. Within in these walls all secrets are told. Lay here in bed half alive, hald dead.

C#m-Bsus-A2

Verse Two:

E-D#m-A2-C#m-Bsus

Entwined with you, our hearts play in tune, you stare through me, I stare through you. It's times like this that I can't resist. Every word you speak makes my heart skip a beat.

Instrumental-[Slow finger pick then punk-like p/m]

Bridge:

(Half-time picking)

Making memories that will last for a lifetime and there's no way we can deny...these feelings deep within, these feelings deep within.

Across The Miles

Verse One:

Dm-D2-Dsus4-Dm

Comfort, can it find me tonight? Laying here in bed sometimes wishing I was rather dead...than missing you, you've gone so far away. I know that you'll return but it's the wait that makes it burn...(Inside of me.-A7sus4)

Chorus:

A7sus4-Dm

And across the miles I can see you smiling. And across the miles I can see you cry. And across the miles I'm wondering...(is all of this all for me tonight?-D2-A7sus4-Dm)

Verse Two:

Dm-D2-Dsus4-Dm

Expression, can it find me tonight? Looking for words to explain how I miss you in so many ways...But nothing can begin to describe the feelings that I feel...(Inside of me.-A7sus4)

Bridge:

A7sus4-Dm / A7sus4-D

And when you dream what do you see? Can you see me miles and miles away dreaming of you?

Twice A Week

F#m-D-A-E

Don't call me I'll just write you little notes where you will find them. And hopefully someday you'll see that you're the only one for me. You might say that he likes you but does he really love you? And remember just this one thing you'll always be a special part of me.

Chorus:

F#m-D-A-E

I'll write you twice a week to remind you we had something speacial then. And all the times we said "I love you," I'd die yo hear you say it now.

Verse Two:

F#m-D-A-E

Don't leave me just guessing, soon I'll be regretting. All the things I said we're true must of seemed like foolishness to you. You can keep on rescinding but my heart just keeps on beating. And I no longer live for you, I know longer live for you!

Just Listen Up

Verse:

(F#m)G-D-A7sus4-D

Lay your lies down expect me to believe them, ya know I do everytime. All this mess is becoming so redundant so what's the big surprise? (When I scream out loud at the top of my lungs, just know you're the reason because.-Em7-C2-Dsus4)

Chorus:

G-D-A7sus4-D

Just listen up to me I can't take this anymore. Best watch yourself and check your attitude at the door. Ya know there's a thing called caring but all this too overwhelming, goodbye.

True Colors(Poem)

You show your true colors now I should've seen all along the shades of deceit hidden behind your make-up and fake gleam. I can't see how you could say you love me and still leave me to bleed. And I promise this will be the last time I'll feel that way. Wounded but I'll heal, suffering but I'll deal. But you have to live with the thoughts that no one can ever love you like I did. I hope it was worth it the night you betrayed our love. I can't stand your face so I burnt your pictures and letter you wrote. My therapy is slow but productive and I'm happy it's left me numb. Maybe I'll call or write you someday to say "Hi" but until then this is my poetic goodbye. A last few words to seal this fate. And an exchange of feelings to let you know I've learned. You seemed so sweet but now I've seen your true colors start to bleed.

My Jaimie

Verse:

E-A2-C#-Bsus-A2

Your love is so amazing, look what you have done, captured my heart, made me whole. Kinda hard to believe someone like you could love me, afterall what could you see in me?

Chorus:

E-C#-Bsus-A2

Take my heart if you want it. Take my life if you'd like it, its your's. Take all that I am, all that I'll ever be. Coz you're all I want, all I'll ever need, My Jaimie.

Hard To Believe

Verse One:

D#-C#-A2

It's hard to believe this day has come when I finally have found the one. And there's no way I can describe these feelings I feel deep inside.

Chorus:

Bsus-C#-A2-E-A2-Bsus

My music is the passion of the heart played upon the strings of the soul. My love is my gift to you forever flowing strong and true.

Verse Two:

D#-C#-A2

I can't wait till the day will come, when we'll stand together and pledge our love. And from that point new life begins, a life we'll call our great love affair.

Your Place To Hide

Verse One:

Em7-B/D2-G(no.3)

Don't know what words to say, wish I did. But there's one thing I can. I promise to always love you and forever be your man.

Chrous:

C2-G-(C2-Dsus4-G(no.3)

If your world falls down I'll be right by your side. And if you're ever scared I'll be your place to hide.

Em7-Dsus4-G-G/B-C2-G/B

Verse Two:

Em7-B/D2-G(no.3)

Funny things ended up this way you my girl and me your man. And one day I'll look into your eyes, kneel and take you by the hand.

Never Fade Away

Verse:

E-B-C#-A2-B

A dream of you among late whispers. Unlike any I've ever had before. Carried on wings of angels thoughts like sugar leave me wanting more and more and more and more and more.

Chorus:

C#-A2-E-B

I can't see it happening any other way. Ya know I just want to let it go. And we could sail away into the comfort of this love. Never fade away, never fade away.

3:20 Your Time

Verse One:

G-C-D-B-C

It's only 3:20 your time. Six hours or more could it pass any slower? And it's 3:20 your time. Two time zones away could it be any farther.

Chorus:

C-D-G

But I'll pray for you coz I know you're meant for me. And I'll wait for you, for you I'll wait so patiently. And in time I'll hold you in these arms of mine- IN TIME, IN TIME, IN TIME.

G-B-C-D

Verse Two:

G-C-D-B-C

It's only 3:40 your time. These six hours they're passing even slower. And it's 3:40 your time. Two time zones away is beginning to seem so much farther.

Common Tragedies

Verse One:

F#-C#-A-(high)B

I turn out the light it's blinding, keeping me from sleep. Never even had the chance to turn down my sheets. Just glad to be home in the comfort of my bed, trying tp get memories of you out of my head.

Chorus:

F#-C#-B-A

It's tragic, this neverending story. Once magic, could never be destroyed. And just like that it's blown away. It's tragic that this tragedy came my way.

Verse Two:

F#-C#-A-(high)B

I never saw it coming I was blind to the truth, keeping me amused with those freaky things you do. Now I see it wasn't worth my time, over a year wasted, now trying to leave it behind.

Giving Up

Verse One:

C#-A2-Bsus-A2

No rebuttals now you're just giving up, giving up. You've had enough and now you're giving up, giving up.

Chorus:

E-C#-Bsus-A2-Bsus

Giving up the ghost, giving up on all these dealings. Looking towards hope, taking back all your feelings.

Verse Two:

C#-A2-Bsus-A2

Sunday afternoons never seemed so underrated. Leaving all too soon to see all these efforts grow in season.

Something New In The Air

Verse One:

Cadd9-G/B (Dsus4-C2-G(no.3)

It seems all but firmiliar tonight there something new in the air. It's something I like, maybe love. There's something new in the air.

Chorus:

G(no.3)-Dsus4-Em7-C2

Is it the scent of your hair or the fragrance you wear that has me high tonight? And if I walk these streets long enough will I meet you standing there?

Verse Two:

Cadd9-G/B (Dsus4-C2-G(no.3)

I'm all but sad tonight, wish you could see my face. Someday I'll find the answers why. There's something new in the air.

A Song For Katy

Verse One:

G(no.3)-D-Em-Cadd9

Wish I could think of the words to say coz you've touched my life in so many ways, you're my friend, yes you're my friend.

Verse Two:

G(no.3)-D-Em-Cadd9

Wish I could of the words to say but my mind is such a mess today but you're the best, just know you're the best.

Vamp:

My buddy, my buddy, my buddy...

Hopelessly Devoted

Intro:

C(susD-susG)-Cmaj7(susD-susG)-Am(susD-susG)-Fmaj7(susD-susG)

Verse One:

C-Cmaj7-Am-Fmaj7

I wish I could tell you all the things I feel but there's no way to describe something so real. And I can't take these nights spent alone, tossing off sheets then pulling them back close.

Pre-Chorus One:

G/B-Am / G/B-Am-Fmaj7

Constantly waking from these haunting dreams of midnight voices calling me.

Chorus One:

C2-G/B-Am-Fmaj7

Beckining me to come to your side and never leave even when I die. And casted shadows take your form and the deepest chill couldn't steal this warmth.

Verse Two:

C-Cmaj7-Am-Fmaj7

A day of mystery lies ahead but I'd willingly take these nights instead. They're worth a million hours spent in light, these stories I tell of nights and love taken to flight.

Pre-Chorus Two:

G/B-Am / G/B-Am-Fmaj7

Soaring from my heart and piercing your's. Leaving you breathless but craving more.

Chorus Two:

C2-G/B-Am-Fmaj7

Longing so deeply for our lips to touch and holding on forever never meant so much. But now that I see my future in your eyes I know that my dreams were never lies.

Bridge:

C2-G/B-Am-Fmaj7

So take me now and forever I'm your's, hopelessly devoted, forever I'm your's.

Hey I hope you guyz enjoy these songs. If you have any question on strumming patterns or anything else like that just email me and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.