A 
You've taken the title of this song 
       F 
From a life that's beyond 
C                  Bb           A 
Something that you could belong to 
          F                 C 
But is it wrong to sing along 
     Bb         Am  
When all of the words 
          D           F 
They just get on your nerves 
                                  D A 
And the verse is ringing out like a curse 

     C             F 
 I'm tired of this old refrain 
        Bb         Am  
 Is the Chorus you sang 
              D         F 
 When you had no one to blame 
                                 D  A 
 But yourself for singing it all in vain 

       A 
You've taken the title of this song 
       F                     C 
From a book that goes on and on 
              Bb            A 
Til you can't find the ending 
         F                  C 
Was it a funeral or a wedding 
     Bb             Am 
Or a seance for the bride 
        D           F 
Whose affection had died 
                          D  A 
Though some say love is suicide 

    C                   F 
 My heart it don't make any sense 
     Bb           Am 
 Was all that she said  
          D              F 
 When her love was found dead 
                          D   A 
 But the story was all in her head 

(Interlude) 
E D C A 
Ah----- 
E D C ... G Bb A 
Ah----- 

       A  
You've taken the notes from your head 
    F 
And played them out loud 
       C           Bb            A 
On the public announcement instead 
      F                            C 
Cause all your thoughts get distorted  
    Bb            Am 
The feedback goes on 
           D          F 
And you've ruined the song 
                    D       A 
While everyone just plays along 

      C                   F 
 It's only the notes that you've played 
      Bb              Am 
 That drowned out the thoughts 
        D             F 
 From a song that was lost 
                                      D A 
 And the song you sang it didn't have a name 

A Bb F 
          A      
There was nothing,  
                     Bb     F 
But the song we were singing 
(Repeat 8x) 

This tab is based off the Portland Cello Project version on YouTube. Hope you enjoy it.