[Strophe]
RE            MIm             SIm 
This is gospel for the fallen ones 
                            LA 
locked away in permanent slumber  
RE            MIm            SIm 
Assembling their philosophies  
                        LA 
from pieces of broken memories   
RE    MIm       SIm 
Oh oh oh oh oh oh  
  
This is the beat of my heart 
 
This is the beat of my heart  
RE    MIm       SIm 
Oh oh oh oh oh oh  
  
This is the beat of my heart 
 
This is the beat of my heart
[Pre-Refrain]
    SOL/SI             LA7/DO# 
The gnashing teeth and criminal
 tongues  
The gnashing teeth and criminal tongues  
    SOL              SOL6/9 
conspire against the odds  
         FA#m7            RE/FA#    
but they haven’t seen the best of us
     LA 
 yet 
but they haven’t seen the best of us yet 
[Refrain]
                        RE MIm SIm 
If you love me, let me go 
                 LA     RE MIm SIm 
If you love me, let me go   
LA           SOL                  
 Cause these words are knives that
  RE 
 often leave scars  
 Cause these words are knives that often leave scars  
LA              SIm     LA 
 The fear of falling apart  
    SOL               RE 
And truth be told I never was yours 
 
And truth be told I never was yours  
LA 
 The fear, The fear of falling apart 
  
 The fear, The fear of falling apart   
RE    MIm       SIm 
Oh oh oh oh oh oh  
  
This is the beat of my heart 
 
This is the beat of my heart 
RE    MIm       SIm 
Oh oh oh oh oh oh  
   
This is the beat of my heart 
 
This is the beat of my heart
[Strophe]
RE           MIm              SIm 
This is gospel for the vagabonds,  
                               
ne’re-do-wells and insufferable
  LA 
 bastards  
ne’re-do-wells and insufferable bastards  
RE            MIm         SIm 
Confessing their apostasies  
                         LA 
led away by imperfect impostors   
RE    MIm       SIm 
Oh oh oh oh oh oh  
  
This is the beat of my heart  
 
This is the beat of my heart 
RE    MIm       SIm 
Oh oh oh oh oh oh  
  
This is the beat of my heart 
 
This is the beat of my heart
[Pre-Refrain]
      SOL/SI                  
Don’t try to sleep through the end of
 LA7/DO# 
 the world  
Don’t try to sleep through the end of the world  
    SOL      SOL6/9 
and bury me alive  
         FA#m7            
‘cause I won’t give up without a
 RE/FA#        LA 
 fight
‘cause I won’t give up without a fight
[Refrain]
                        RE MIm SIm 
If you love me, let me go 
                 LA     RE MIm SIm 
If you love me, let me go   
LA           SOL                   
  Cause these words are knives that
 RE 
 often leave scars  
  Cause these words are knives that often leave scars  
LA              SIm     LA 
 The fear of falling apart  
    SOL               RE 
And truth be told I never was yours 
 
And truth be told I never was yours  
LA 
 The fear, The fear of falling apart 
  
 The fear, The fear of falling apart   
SOL         RE 
Oh oh oh oh oh oh  
LA          SIm 
The fear of falling apart  
SOL           RE 
Oh oh oh oh oh oh  
LA           SIm 
The fear, the fear of falling apart  
 
The fear, the fear of falling apart   
RE    MIm       SIm 
Oh oh oh oh oh oh  
  
This is the beat of my heart 
  
This is the beat of my heart 
  
The fear of falling apart 
(4x)
[Outro]
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