First Aid Kit – Distant Star (Guitar)

Capo 4
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Chords

[Verse 1]
        G
Well, a goodbye never seems finished

                C            G
Just like these songs that I write

Em                   C
They hang aloft like stars in the night

     Em                              C
'Til there's nothing left but the illusion of light

    D  C                     Em
And you, you could've been mine

     G
Your mother, she's an actress

             C               G
And we're all putting on the play

Em                        C
Give some conviction, pretend it's all real

Em                C
Try to ignore how sad it all feels

     D          C                      Em
Yes, try not to break her heart if you can
[Chorus]
         C
Hold o-o-o-n

                               Em
To whatever you can until it's gone

          C
Carry o-o-o-n

                                    D C G
For none of us will be here for too lo-o-o-ng
[Verse 2]
     G                                C                 G
I'll try not to let the world and its darkness bring me down

Em                        C
Think of the love and the beauty I've found

Em                     C
The simple things that I've left behind

D          C            Em
Oh the way he'd make me laugh
[Chorus]
                  C
But I'll hold o-o-o-n

                              Em
To whatever I can until it's gone

               C
I'll carry o-o-o-n

                                    D C     D C G
For none of us will be here for too lo-ong, lo-o-o-ng
[Bridge] E F E F
E                     F    E
 But you're a distant star

                      F      E
My darling, you're so far away

                        F   E
You were never meant to stay

               F   E
I reach out to see

                          F   E
If you're still here with me

                 F         C
Babe we could've made it easy

         G
Couldn't we?
[Outro]
    G
Now I will never know you

             C               G
You are just someone passing by

    Em              C
And it makes me sad to think about

        Em                     C
All the stories and fates that I'll be without

      D                 N.C.
But I think I'm getting used to the silence now