Written by Sara Bareilles
Tuning: Standard EADGBe Intro: C - C C It's a really old city F Stuck between the dead and the living Em7 G So I thought to myself, sitting on a graveyard shelf Am F Em7 As the echo of heartbeats, from the ground below my feet G Filled a cemetery in the center of Queens C F I started running the maze of Em7 The names and the dates, some older than others G The skyscrapers, little tombstone brothers Am F With Manhattan behind her, three million stunning reminders Em7 G Built a cemetery in the center of Queens C Em F You said, remember that life is, not meant to be wasted G We can always be chasing the sun! C Em F So fill up your lungs and just run G C But always be chasing the sun! C F Em7 So how do you do it, With just words and just music, capture the feeling G That my earth is somebody?s ceiling, Am F can I deliver in sound, the weight of the ground Em7 G Of a cemetery in the center of Queens C There?s a history through her F Em7 Sent to us as a gift from the future, to show us the proof G More than that, it's to dare us to move Am F To open our eyes and to learn from the sky Em7 G From a cemetery in the center of Queens C Em F You said, remember that life is, Not meant to be wasted G We can always be chasing the sun! C Em F So fill up your lungs and just run G But always be chasing the sun! C F G All we can do is try Am F G And live like we're still alive C It's a really old city F Stuck between the dead and the living Em7 G So I thought to myself, sitting on a graveyard shelf Am F And the gift of my heartbeat sounds like a symphony Em7 G Played by a cemetery in the center of Queens C Em F You said, remember that life is not meant to be wasted G We can always be chasing the sun! C Em F So fill up your lungs and just run G But always be chasing the sun! C F G All we can do is try Am F G And live like we're still alive C F G All we can do is try Am F G And live like we're still alive
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