F C Footsteps through the hollow sound G Dm Like the wind blew through the south cold F C Hadn't looked down, feared something G Dm Beneath the old me, without any time F C We all drifted out from these shores G Dm Finding photographs and loveletters in bottles battered, worn F C Shallow saltwater singing sore G Dm You may not be mine F C Friends they were shopping next door G Dm Spending money on things that they couldn't afford F C Tide pulls too deep for me to hold G Dm Standing still, still changing tide F (1/4 Bar) [Chorus] Am E Stay open, stay open C E F To catch my fault Am What a shame that E I would splinter you C E F Or hinder you at all Am E Won't give my love for free C E F Won't give my love for free Fm C E F Oh, but please, take it from me [Verse 2] F C Trying to send my bitter rhyme G Dm But outside from your jokes I'm left to die cold F C It is a long drive in my thoughts G Dm Dance slow behind F C Show me that you dried in the sand G Dm Your favorite book with no pages, I'm a shell of a man F C I'm fumbling with two sets of keys G Dm But I'm setting 'em down F C Words crawl under my skin G Dm Like the wind from the north of your hair F C Last fall we buried dead plans G Dm Choke dying plans F C Last fall we buried dead plans G Dm Choke dying plans F (1/4 bar) [Chorus] Am E Stay open, stay open C E F To catch my fault Am What a shame that E I would splinter you C E F Or hinder you at all Am E Won't give my love for free C E F Won't give my love for free Fm C E F (X4) Oh, but please, take it from me [Outro] C Em F Oh my god is falling in pieces C Em Am Dm Oh my god this is falling apart C Em F Oh my god is being turned over C Em Am Dm Oh my god, this is out of my hand Am E Stay open, stay open (oh my god, falling to pieces) C E F To catch my fault Am What a shame that (oh my god, falling apart) E I would splinter you C E F Or hinder you at all Am E Won't give my love for free (Oh my god , turning it over) C E F Won't give my love for free Fm C E F (X4) Oh but please, take it from me