Intro: 
G 
G  Em-- x2 


verse 1: 
G 
  Typewriter tell me 
     Em 
what year it was 
G 
  Typing to the rhythm 
             Em 
of a century on the cusp 
C 
  We were out there smoking 
       D        C 
on the sidewalks We were 
                    G 
lovers drinking to another 
            D 
song on the jukebox 



[Refrão]
Em    C 
Don't kill all the 
G         D 
beautiful things 
      Em 
I was searching for 
C            G 
truth in the dust 
      D    Em 
of my days I was 
   C        G 
so lost and I 
       C    G Em G Em 
was so young 


verse 2: 
G 
  Cinematic I was cynical 
       Em 
on the city bus 
G 
  literary wrote lyrics 
       Em 
like I thought I was 
C 
  we were sleeping racing 
        D      C 
for the future bicycle 
                 G       D 
tires spinning revolution 



[Refrão]
Em    C 
Don't kill all the 
G         D 
beautiful things 
      Em 
I was searching for 
C            G 
truth in the dust 
      D    Em 
of my days I was 
   C        G 
so lost and I 
       C    G Em D C 
was so young 


Bridge: 
Em             C 
  The city was sweating 
       Em         C 
in the summer heat 
       Em 
I wrote  melodies of 
   C        Em 
regret to a deaf 
           C 
and empty street 
Em       C 
I was so lonely it 
 G         D 
started to rain 
    Em 
the lightning and 
C 
thunder were  
G          D 
singing my name 
          Em 
I thought those 
            C 
songs could save me 
          Em 
I thought those 
            C 
songs could save me 




[Refrão]
Em    C 
Don't kill all the 
G         D 
beautiful things 
      Em 
I was searching for 
C            G 
truth in the dust 
      D    Em 
of my days I was 
   C        G 
so lost and I 
       C 
was so young 
Em           D 
  We were so lost 
    G          C    G Em G Em 
and we were so young 
G     Em 
Don't kill all the 
D         C(hold)
beautiful things