Eight Letters Chords

Capo 1st fret

Standard (EADGBE)

 Intro C F C/B C

CWe became the parade on the streets that we once cleaned

FExpendable soldiers smiling at anything

GRaised on a feeling our lives would have meaning eCventually

CWe were once the answer and then you discover

FYoure actually just one thing after another

GAnd what was the question and why was the lesson Cso deafening?

CThis is all that matters nowC/B

 And that was all that happened anyhFow C/B

 You can look back but dont starCe C/B

 Maybe I can love you out of tFhere G

 And when I wFent awayC what I forFgot to sCay

 Was all I haFd to saCy:

 Eight letFters, three wGords, one meaCning

CAnd outside forces didnt make it easy

FSo I thought Id go before you leave me

GSelf-preservation was no explanation for anytChing

CBut the truth is more than we ll ever comprehend

FIm just starting to understand, my friend

GAll of that distance, cause I fell in love with the enCemy

CThis is all that matters nowC/B

 And that was all that happened anyhFow C/B

 You can look back but dont starCe C/B

 Maybe I can love you out of tFhere G

AAnd when I weFnt away Cwhat I forgFot to saCy

 Was all I haFd to saCy:

 Eight letFters, three wGords, one meaCning

 And when I wFent awayC what I forFgot to sCay

 Was all I haFd to saCy:

 Eight letFters, three wGords, one meaCning

 Interlude C F G C

CAt last, we meeGt on no mans laFnd

 Just footpriGnts in the saCnd

 We meGet on no mans laFnd, at lasGt

 And when I wFent awayC what I forFgot to sCay

 Was all I haFd to saCy:

 Eight letFters, three wGords, one meaCning

 And when I wFent awayC what I forFgot to sCay

 Was all I haFd to saCy:

 Eight letFters, three wGords, one meaCning

One meaning

F C F CJusFt oCne FmeaGninCg