BmA
So you never knew love
EmG
Until you crossed the line of grace.
BmA
And you never felt wanted
EmG
Till you'd someone slap your face.
BmA
So you never felt alive
EmG
Until you'd almost wasted away.
[Pre-chorus 1]
BmA
You had to win, you couldn't just pass
EmG
The smartest ass at the top of the class
BmA
Your flying colours, your family tree
EmG
And all your lessons in history.
[Chorus]
BmAEm
Please, please, please
G
Get up off your knees.
BmAEmG
Please, please, please, please, oh yeah
[Interlude]
BmAEmG
[Verse 2]
BmAEm
So you never knew how low you'd stoop
G
To make that call
BmAEm
And you never knew what was on the ground
G
Till they made you crawl.
BmAEm
So you never knew that the heaven
G
You keep you stole.
[Pre-chorus 2]
BmA
Your Catholic blues, your convent shoes,
EmG
Your stick-on tattoos now they're making the news
BmA
Your holy war, your northern star
EmG
Your sermon on the mount from the boot of your car.
[Chorus]
BmAEm
Please, please, please
G
Get up off your knees
BmAEm
Please, please, please
G
Leave me out of this, please.
[Chorus 2]
BmA
So love is hard
EmG
And love is tough
BmA
But love is not
EmG
What you're thinking of.
[Bridge]
BmA
September, streets capsizing
EmG
Spilling over down the drains
BmA
Shard of glass, splinters like rain
EmG
But you could only feel your own pain.
BmA
October, talk getting nowhere.
EmGA
November, December; remember
Em
We just started again.
[Chorus]
BmAEm
Please, please, please
G
Get up off your knees, yeah.
BmAEmG
Please, please, please, please, ah.
[Chorus 2]
BmA
So love is big
EmG
Is bigger than us.
BmA
But love is not
EmG
What you're thinking of.
Bm
It's what lovers deal
A
It's what lovers steal you know I've found it
EmG
Hard to receive
BmA
'Cause you, my love
EmBm
I could never believe.