Chords :

Am : x02210

G  : 320033

Em : 022000

D  : xx0232

C  : x32010

 

 

 

1st verse :

Am                    Am

 My friend assures me, "It's all or nothing."

G                 G

 I am not worried, I am not overly concerned

Am                     Am

 My friend implores me, "For one time only,

G                   G

 Make an exception", I am not worried

Am                               Am

 Wrap her up in a package of lies, Send her off to a coconut island

G                 G

 I am not worried, I am not overly concerned

Am                                 Am

 With the status of my emotions "Oh," she says, "you're changing."

          G              G

But we're always changing It does not bother me to

 

 

Pre-chorus :

Em

Say this isn't love

C                           D

'Cause if you don't want to talk about it

   Em                    C                          D

Then it isn't love and I guess I'm going to have to live with that

       Em

But I'm sure there's something in a shade of grey

C               D       

 Something in between and

 Em                       C                  D

I can always change my name, if that's what you mean

 

 

2^nd Verse :

Am                    Am

 My friend assures me, "It's all or nothing."

        G                   G

But I am not really worried, I am not overly concerned

Am                                              Am

 You try to tell yourself the things you try to tell yourself

To make yourself forget

G                        G

 To make yourself forget, I am not worried

 

 

Pre-chorus :

         Em                    C                   

"If it's love," she said, "then we're going to have to

D                  Em

Think about the consequences." She can't stop shaking

C             D

 I can't stop touching her and

 

 

Chorus :

     G         C               Am

This time when kindness falls like rain

   D           G       C        Em    D             G

It washes her away and Anna begins to change her mind

         C                     Am        D                  G          C

"These seconds when I'm shaking leave me shuddering for days," she says

      Em            D

And I'm not ready for this sort of thing

 

 

 

3^rd Verse :

Am                         Am

 But I'm not going to break and I'm not going to

    G                 G

Worry about it anymore, I'm not going to bend

Am                         Am

 But I'm not going to break and I'm not going to

    G               G

Worry about it anymore, no no no

Am                                 Am

 No, no, it seems like I should say, "As long as this is love..."

G                          G

 But it's not all that easy so maybe I should

Am                              Am

 Snap her up in a butterfly net, pin her down on a photograph album

G                 G

 I am not worried, I've done this sort of thing before

 

 

 

Pre-chorus :

Em    C                     D                  Em

        But then I start to think about the consequences

               C                D

I don't get no sleeping a quiet room and...

 

 

 

Chorus :

     G         C                   Am

This time when kindness falls like rain

   D             G    C          Em  D             G

It washes me away and Anna begins to change my mind

    C               Am              D          

And every time she sneezes I believe it's love and

G       C    Em        D                  

Oh Lord, I'm not ready for this sort of thing

 

 

 

Ending :

G      C                   Am     D               G

 She's talking in her sleep, it's keeping me awake and

C         Em   D            G

Anna begins to toss and turn

    C             Am             D

And every word is nonsense but I understand and

G       C    Em        D                  

Oh Lord, I'm not ready for this sort of thing

G   C                Am         D              G

Her kindness bangs a gong, it's moving me along

    C        Em    D         G

And Anna begins to fade away

        C           Am    Cx

It's chasing me away, she disappears and

G  C     Em            D                G>let ring

Oh Lord, I'm not ready for this sort of thing