Jars of Clay – Famous Last Words (Guitar)

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[Intro] Bm7 F#m D E/G# Bm7 F#m D [Verse 1]
Bm7                  F#m                D                 E/G#
   You say you heard every word, but I watched you turn away

Bm7               F#m          D
   Your eyes grew colder than winter

Bm7             F#m         D                    E/G#
  "Love is so intrusive," I thought I heard you say

Bm7             F#m          D
   And laugh so unconvincingly
[Chorus 1]
               A                  E/G#
(Famous last words) Famous last words,

                G
"I'm not ready yet"

                    D
"I won't be gone a minute"
[Verse 2]
Bm7              F#m          D                E/G#
   Narrow is the road and too high a price to pay

Bm7                   F#m          D
   When loneliness is such a sanctuary.

Bm7              F#m         D               E/G#
   Empty are the musings and wasted are the days

Bm7          F#m           D
   You said you were only waiting
[Chorus 2]
              A                       E/G#
(Famous last words) And famous last words,

                G
"I'm not ready yet"

                     D                     A
"I won't be gone a minute" but I won't forget

              E/G#
Famous last words

                   G                  D                  C#m   F#
If tomorrow never comes, will I ever know that I was in love?

          Bm   A   E/G#
I was in love

    Bm   A   G
In love
[Instrumental] D A/C# C G Bb D A/C# C Em A Em A [Bridge]
N.C.                   F#m           D                 E
    You say you heard every word, I watched you turn away

Bm7         F#m            D
   You said you were only waiting
[Chorus 3]
              A                       E/G#
(Famous last words) And famous last words,

                G
"I'm not ready yet"

                     D                     A
"I won't be gone a minute" and I won't forget

              E/G#
Famous last words

                   G                  D                  A    E/G#
If tomorrow never comes, will I ever know that I was in love?

                G    D
That I was in love

A                  E/G#
  And famous last words,

                G
"I'm not ready yet"

                     D
"I won't be gone a minute"