Main Strum: 
 
    D D     D 
 
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 
 
  
 
Punk Strum: 
 
D D D D D D D D  
 
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  
 
  
 
Bridge Strum (E5 and G5/F# only) 
 
D D 
 
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 
 
  
 
Intro: 
 
(w/main strum): / G5 - - - / G5/F# - - - / E5 - - - / C5 - - - / x2 
 
(w/punk strum): / G5 - - - / G5/F# - - - / E5 - - - / C5 - - - / x2 
 
  
 
Verse (w/main strum): 
 
G5                        
 
Days swiftly come and go, I'm dreaming of her 
 
E5                         C5 
 
She's seeing other guys, emotions astir 
 
G5                
 
The sun is gone, the nights are long 
 
E5            C5 
 
And I am left while the tears fall 
 
  
 
Pre Chorus (w/punk strum): 
 
G5                                     E5            C5 
 
Did you think that I would cry on the phone 
 
G5                                     E5            C5 
 
Do you know what it feels like being alone 
 
Bm          C (x2) 
 
I'll find someone new 
 
  
 
Chorus: 
 
G5                                     G5/F# 
 
Swing, swing, swing from the tangles of 
 
     E5                            C5 
 
My heart is crushed by a former love 
 
G5         G5/F#   E5     C5 
 
Can you help me find a way to carry on again 
 
  
 
Verse (w/main strum): 
 
G5 
 
Wish cast into the sky, I'm moving on 
 
E5                            C5 
 
Sweet beginnings do arise, she knows I was wrong 
 
G5 
 
The notes are old, they bend they fold 
 
E5     C5 
 
so do I to a new love 
 
  
 
Pre-Chorus and Chorus 
 
  
 
Solo: / G5 - - - / G5/F# - - - / E5 - - - / C5 - - - / x2 
 
  
 
Bridge: 
 
E5    G5/F# 
 
Bury me 
 
G                         Gsus4 
 
You thought your problems were gone 
 
E5     G5/F# 
 
Carry me 
 
C5 (x2) 
 
Away, away, away 
 
  
 
Chorus x 2 
 
  
 
G (hold)