Marianas Trench – The Death Of Me (Guitar Acoustic)

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Chords

On the album it sounds like the intro riff/background chords are played all the way through the verse, but I personally like the way these chords sound when playing alone acoustically. Play whichever way you prefer! Enjoy :) [Intro] A C#m B C#m x2 [Verse 1]
     A               C#m
On a Sunday, near September

    B                   C#m
We awoke surprised to remember

         A             C#m            B
How the light attaches to a change of heart

          A                   C#m
What was simple, now there's questions

     B                        C#m
The kind that I don'€™t look my best in

        A                C#m          B
And the ghost in me will keep us far apart
[Pre-Chorus]
    A   C#m B
And you-ou-ou

         C#m     B
Know you don't deserve this

    A C#m B
And I-I-I

           C#m    B
Don't know how to word this
[Chorus]
A              C#m            B
But before you go, before you go

       C#m    B       A
I just wanted you to know

       C#m            B
That I would, that I would

        C#m      B     A
I would love you if I could

        C#m                 B
But my unsteady heart's not ready

           C#m        B       A
You'd only get what's left of me

     C#m        B
Only this, only this

   C#m    B       A          C#m B
Is gonna' be the death of me

     C#m    B      A          C#m B
It's gonna' be the death of me

     C#m    B
It's gonna' be
[Verse 2]
         A          C#m            B           C#m
I would give you anything if I had anything to give left

         A                 C#m               B
But the phantoms here will never have their fill

        A                 C#m
I would tell you "I don'€™t miss her"

         B                 C#m
Cries of love reduced to a whisper

         A                 C#m
But the truth is that her ghost

              B
It haunts me still (Haunts me still)
[Pre-Chorus]
     A  C#m B
And you-ou-ou

         C#m     B
Know you don'€™t deserve this

   A C#m B
And I-I-I

           C#m    B
Don't know how to word this
[Chorus] (One strum each chord)
A              C#m            B
But before you go, before you go

       C#m    B       A
I just wanted you to know

       C#m            B
That I would, that I would
(start playing downstrokes on each beat)
     C#m      B     A
I would love you if I could

        C#m                 B
But my unsteady heart's not ready

           C#m        B       A
You'd only get what's left of me

     C#m        B
Only this, only this
(*staccato downstrokes)
   C#m*    B*       A       C#m B
Is gonna' be the death of me

     C#m    B      A           C#m B
It's gonna' be the death of me

     C#m    B
It's gonna' be
[Bridge]
A        C#m            B               C#m   B      A
 I've forgotten how it feels to have my head over my heels

A        C#m           B
 I don't want to walk away

             C#m      B       A
But it's not fair to let you stay

           C#m            B
I'll fall apart beyond a kiss

       C#m  B         A
A castaway upon your lips

     C#m      B
Only this, only
(Arpeggio picking)
                  A
Is gonna' be the death of me

       C#m        B
Gonna' be, gonna' be

C#m    B       A
Gonna' be the death of me

       C#m        B
Gonna' be, gonna' be

C#m    B       A
Gonna' be the death of me
(Resume strumming repeat chords) [Outro] Oh, gonna' be
    C#m     B      A 
It's gonna' be the death of me

C#m  B
Hey, yeah

     C#m    B       A       
It's gonna' be the death of me, the death of me

    C#m        B
The death of me

     C#m    B       A
It's gonna' be the death of me

     C#m       B
The death of me
The death of me
C#m    B       A
Gonna' be the death of me