My Tears Ricochet

	 
[Intro]
C   G   Em  F 
Am  G  Em  F  x2
[Estrofe]
Am           G 
  We gather here, we line up 
 Em                      F 
Weeping in a sunlit room 
    Am           G     Em           
And   if I'm on fire, you'll be made
           F 
 of ashes too 
And   if I'm on fire, you'll be made of ashes too 
 Am                  G 
Even on my worst day,  did I deserve
 babe 
Even on my worst day,  did I deserve babe 
Em                   F 
   All the hell you gave me 
Am 
  'Cause I loved you 
G                   Em               
  I swear I loved you   'til my dying
   F 
 day
  I swear I loved you   'til my dying day
[Refrão]
C    Dm           Am          F      
        I didn't have it in myself to
          C      Dm 
 go with grace 
        I didn't have it in myself to go with grace 
                Am          F    
And you're the hero flying around
   C         Dm 
 saving face 
And you're the hero flying around saving face 
            Am               F     
And if I'm dead to you, why are you
             C 
 at the wake 
And if I'm dead to you, why are you at the wake 
            Dm               Am 
Cursing my name, wishing I stayed 
            F 
Look at how my tears ricochet
[Instrumental]
C    Dm   Am   F
[Estrofe]
Am           G       Em          
  We gather stones, never knowing
                  F 
 what they'll mean 
  We gather stones, never knowing what they'll mean 
Am         G      Em           
  Some to throw, some to make a
             F 
 diamond ring 
  Some to throw, some to make a diamond ring 
       Am                   G 
  You know I didn't want to   have to
 haunt you 
  You know I didn't want to   have to haunt you 
Em                        F 
  But what a ghostly scene 
Am                        G       
  You wear the same jewels  that I
         Em             F 
 gave you  as you bury me
  You wear the same jewels  that I gave you  as you bury me
[Refrão]
C    Dm           Am          F      
        I didn't have it in myself to
          C     Dm 
 go with grace 
        I didn't have it in myself to go with grace 
                 Am               
'Cause when I'd fight, you used to
  F       C           Dm 
 tell me I   was brave 
'Cause when I'd fight, you used to tell me I   was brave 
            Am               F     
And if I'm dead to you, why are you
             C 
 at the wake 
And if I'm dead to you, why are you at the wake 
            Dm               Am 
Cursing my name, wishing I stayed 
            F 
Look at how my tears ricochet
[Puente]
C              Dm             Am 
  And I can go anywhere I want 
         F                 C 
Anywhere I want, just not home 
                 Dm                 
And you can aim for my heart, go for
      Am 
 blood 
And you can aim for my heart, go for blood 
                     F             
But you would still miss me in your
  C 
 bones 
But you would still miss me in your bones 
           Dm            Am          
And I still  talk to you    (When I'm
  F                 C 
 screaming at the sky) 
And I still  talk to you    (When I'm screaming at the sky) 
                  Dm             
And when you can't sleep at night 
 Am              F 
 (You hear my stolen lullabies)
And when you can't sleep at night  (You hear my stolen lullabies)
[Refrão]
          Am          F              
I didn't have it in myself to go with
  C     Dm 
 grace 
I didn't have it in myself to go with grace 
            Am                F 
And so the battleships will sink
        C          Dm 
 beneath  the waves 
And so the battleships will sink beneath  the waves 
            Am              F        
You had to kill me, but it killed you
           C 
 just the same 
You had to kill me, but it killed you just the same 
              Dm               Am 
Cursing my name, wishing I stayed 
                      F 
You turned into your worst fears 
C                          Dm        
  And you're tossing out blame, drunk
           Am 
 on this pain, 
  And you're tossing out blame, drunk on this pain, 
                  F 
Crossing out the good years 
           C              Dm  
And you're    cursing my name,
             Am 
 wishing I stayed 
And you're    cursing my name, wishing I stayed 
            F 
Look at how my tears ricochet
[Outro]
C  Dm  Am  F  x3