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Foster The People
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Tom : Ebm
A# B Bmaj7
[Verse 1]
B
If age is a trap
Bmaj7 B Bmaj7 C# Bmaj7
I wonder why I hold back (Mistakes)
Bmaj7 B C#
A mistake to make me laugh, only time can answer that
[Chorus 1]
Bmaj7
Sail on in
C#
Beautiful is your life
Bmaj7
Sail on in
B C# F# B
I want to live in your love forever
[Verse 2]
B Bmaj7 C# D#m
I'm done, I'm giving up control
B Bmaj7 C# D#m A#m
So hold on, never let me go
B C# D#m
I know we're not invincible
Bmaj7 C# D#m A#m
So I want to live, live for something more
[Chorus 2]
Bmaj7
Sail on in
C#
Beautiful is your life
Bmaj7
Soak it in
B C# F#
I want to live in your love, forever
[Verse 3]
B C# D#m G#m B A#m B C# D#m
And I won't be afraid, it's true we'll never know
G#m F# B
When the night will come and take us home
A#m B C# D#m
And people change, we fade from youth
G#m F# B
And evolve into eternal life
A#m B C# D#m
Don't slip away, well I'm begging you
G#m F# Bmaj7 F# Bmaj7 F#
To let me sing with angels mmmm
[Outro]
Bmaj7
Wake the sleeping from their dreaming
F#
We all want more, we all want more
Bmaj7
Saints will sing and hearts are beating
C# Bmaj7 C# Bmaj7 B
Saying we all want more, we all want more
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