Intro: 

Dm   C  F  G  B  C 
Dm   C  F  G  B  C 
    
F              Am                   Dm  
If all this is easy and all that we need 
               B                    F  C 
we’ve fallen behind  we’ve fallen behind 
F                   Am                  Dm  
you can dig all you like and make a big pile 
                 B                        F  C 
and sing all the while  and sing all the while 

Dm                C                          F 
But you’re just a boy who strummed the right chord 
Dm             C       F         
and I’m just a boy who gave an ear 
Am  B  Am      B     F               C                     F 
write  it’s alright  I’m shedding my skin instead of these tears 

F          Am                Dm  
Swimming alone and torn in between 
          B                   F   C 
life in a dream or life on a string 
F       Am                 Dm  
living atop our own little hills 
                B                           F  C 
perched for the kill  we’re perched for the kill 

Dm                C                          F 
and you’re just a boy who strummed the right chord 
Dm             C       F 
and I’m just a boy who gave an ear 
Am  B  Am      B     F               C                     F 
write  it’s alright  I’m shedding my skin instead of these tears 

Instrumental: 

Dm   C  F  G  B  C 
F  C  Dm   B  F  C 
F  C  Dm   B  F  C 

F               Am                      Dm  
If love was the light first seen at our birth 
                 B                       F   C 
and then all the earth  and then all the earth 
F          Am            Dm  
how can it fall so far behind 
         B                        F    C 
try to remind me  and I’ll try to remind 

Dm                C                          F 
But you’re just a boy who strummed the right chord 
Dm             C       F           
and I’m just a boy who gave an ear 
Am  B  Am     B      Am  B  Am     B      Am  B    Am   B 
write  it’s alright  write  it’s alright  write