Chords for strumming
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[C] x3201x [F] x3321x
[G/B] x2000x [Dm] xx023x
[Am] x0221x [Gsus4] xx553x
[G] xx543x
Intro and Chorus riff
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[C] [G/B] [Am] [C]
e|--3--3p0-x--3-p0-x-|--3--3p0-x--3-p0-x-|--0---------0---x--|-------------------|
B|--1--1---x--1----x-|--0--0---x--0----x-|--------1-------x--|--1---------1------|
G|-------------------|-------------------|--2---2-------2-x--|--------0----------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|--2---2------------|
A|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
[F] [Am] [Dm] [Gsus4] [G]
e|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
B|--1---------1--x---|--1---------1------|-------------------|-----3-x-----3-x---|
G|--------2------x---|--------2----------|--2-----2---2------|--/5-------4-------|
D|--3---3--------x---|--2---2-------2----|--0---0-------0----|-------------------|
A|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
p = pull-off
x = mute string
/ = slide-up
Capo 4th fret
Intro
N.C.
My, my, my, my (my, my, my, my)
N.C.
My, my, my, my (my, my, my, my)
[C] [G/B]
My, my, my, my
[Am] [C]
My, my, my, my
[F] [Am]
My, my, my, my
[Dm] [Gsus4] [G]
My, my, my, my
Chorus 1
[C] [G/B] [Am]
Saying goodbye is death by a thousand cuts
[C]
Flashbacks waking me up
[F] [Am]
I get drunk, but it's not enough
[Dm] [Gsus4] [G]
'Cause the morning comes and you're not my baby
[C] [G/B] [Am]
I look through the windows of this love
[C]
Even though we boarded them up
[F] [Am]
Chandelier still flickering here
[Dm] [Gsus4] [G] [C]
'Cause I can't pretend it's okay when it's not
[G/B] [Em] [F] [G]
It's death by a thousand cuts
Verse 1
[C] [G/B] [Em] [F]
I dress to kill my time, I take the long way home
[G]
I ask the traffic lights if it'll be alright, they say, "I don't know"
[C] [G/B] [Em] [F]
And what once was ours, is no one's now
[G]
I see you everywhere, the only thing we share is this small town
[C] [G/B] [Em] [F]
You said it was a great love, one for the ages
[G]
But if the story's over, why am I still writing pages?
Chorus 2
[C] [G/B] [Am]
'Cause saying goodbye is death by a thousand cuts
[C]
Flashbacks waking me up
[F] [Am]
I get drunk, but it's not enough
[Dm] [Gsus4] [G]
'Cause the morning comes and you're not my baby
[C] [G/B] [Am]
I look through the windows of this love
[C]
Even though we boarded them up
[F] [Am]
Chandelier still flickering here
[Dm] [Gsus4] [G] [C]
'Cause I can't pretend it's okay when it's not
[G/B] [Em] [F] [G]
It's death by a thousand cuts
Verse 2
[C] [G/B]
My heart, my hips, my body, my love
[Em] [F]
Tryna find a part of me that you didn't touch
[G]
Gave up on me like I was a bad drug
[C]
Now I'm searching for signs in a haunted club
[G/B]
Our songs, our films, united we stand
[Em] [F]
Our country, guess it was a lawless land
[G]
Quiet my fears at the touch of your hand
[C]
Paper cut stings from our paper-thin plans
[G/B]
My time, my wine, my spirit, my trust
[Em] [F]
Tryna find a part of me you didn't take up
[G]
Gave you too much but it wasn't enough
[C] [G/B] [Am] [G]
But I'll be alright, it's just a thousand cuts
Chorus 3
[F] [Am]
I get drunk, but it's not enough
[Dm] [Gsus4] [G]
'Cause you're not my baby
[C] [G/B] [Am]
I look through the windows of this love
[C]
Even though we boarded them up
[F] [Am]
Chandelier still flickering here
[Dm] [Gsus4] [G] [C]
'Cause I can't pretend it's okay when it's not, no it's not
[G/B] [Em] [F] [G]
It's death by a thousand cuts (you didn't touch)
[Post-Chorus]
[C]
Tryna find a part of me that you didn't touch
[G/B] [Em] [F]
My body, my love, my trust (it's death by a thousand cuts)
[G]
But it wasn't enough, it wasn't enough, no, no
Outro
[C] [G/B] [Am] [C]
I take the long way home
[F] [Am] [Dm]
I ask the traffic lights if it'll be alright
[Gsus4] [G] N.C.
They say, "I don't know"
