
Comfort Of Strangers
Bastille
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Tom : Em
[Trecho 2x]
C
"Pressure, pride"
Em
comfort of strangers"
D
"Tragedy, private"
Bm7
"comfort of strangers"
[Verse]
Em D G
Finding comfort in a stranger
Em D G
Give me something unfamiliar
C
Between these sheets let's hide away
Em D G
One light on in the city
Em D G
We lose ourselves completely
C
Raindrops fill the alleyways
[Pre-chorus]
C G Em D
As the world falls down around us
C G Em D
Give me something to remember
[Chorus]
C Em D G
I am holding on in the back of my mind for dear life, dear life
C Em D G
Holding on in the back of my mind for dear life, dear life
C Em
Oh I, Oh I
D G
I am holding on for dear life
C Em
Oh I, Oh I
D G
I am holding on for dear life
[Verse]
Em D G
Keep looking for distraction
Em D G
Tonight we live in fiction
C
In your arms I hide away
Em D G
Two bodies in the darkness
Em D G
Not hard to find a weakness
C
Keep the morning light at bay
[Pre-chorus]
C G Em D
As the world falls down around us
C G Em D
Give me something to remember
[Chorus]
[Bridge 2x]
C D
When the morning comes, will it feel the same?
Bm Em D
Will we feel the same? Will we feel the same?
[Chorus]
[Outro]
C Em D Em
I am holding on to you tonight, for dear life
C Em D Em
I am holding on to you tonight, for dear life
N.C
I am holding on to you tonight, for dear life
N.C
I am holding on to you tonight, for dear life
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