Full Band Version A Major
Acoustic Version Ab Major
(Intro)
[E]
[F#m] [E] [D] [E]
[F#m] [E] [D]
[F#m] [E] [D] [E]
[F#m] [E] [D]
(Verse)
[A] [F#m] I stayed awake just long [E]enough to se[D]e you.
Remember [A]Winnipeg?[F#m] [E] And feeling [D]simpler back then?
[A] [F#m] I took a week off from my [E]band and flew[D] out.
It was a [A]Saturday[F#m]. I [E]saw you [D]waiting by the plane.[E]
(Chorus)
[F#m] I was [E]always in a [D]way just a [E]long shot.
[F#m] I was [E]never in the [D]clear of that.
[F#m] I am l[E]ucky just to [D]be a pote[E]ntial.
[F#m] But I will [E]always make a [D]mess of that.
Of [A]that[F#m][E][D]
Of [A]that[F#m][E][D]
(Half Verse)
[A] [F#m] I traded symmetry for [E]everything[D] I loved.
I took my [A]feelings ou[F#m]t and [E]I had [D]told you I was done.
(Bridge)
[D]I [E]know [F#m]your [A]mist[D]akes, does it bother you that
[D]I [E]found w[F#m]here t[A]hey s[D]tay? Can I reach you yet?
[D]I [E]stood u[F#m]p s[A]o f[D]ast. And I let you down. It was the
[D]first [E]time t[F#m]hat I[A] h[D]eard, I that sound.
It [D]filled my [E]head with the [F#m]darkest [A]shade of bl[D]ack. And I met you there.
I [D]realized th[E]en that I was [F#m]just a l[A]ittle sad. [D] And I left you there.[E]
(Chorus)
[F#m] I was [E]always in a [D]way just a [E]long shot.
[F#m] I was [E]never in the [D]clear of that.
[F#m] I am l[E]ucky just to [D]be a pote[E]ntial.
[F#m] But I will [E]always make a [D]mess of that.
[F#m] I was [E]always in a [D]way just a [E]long shot.
[F#m] I was [E]never in the [D]clear of that.
[F#m] I am l[E]ucky just to [D]be a pote[E]ntial.
[F#m] But I will [E]always make a [D]mess of that.
[F#m] I was [E]always in a [D]way just a [E]long shot.
[F#m] I was [E]never in the [D]clear of that.
[F#m] I am l[E]ucky just to [D]be a pote[E]ntial.
[F#m] But I will [E]always make a [D]mess of that.
Acoustic Version Ab Major
(Intro)
[E]
[F#m] [E] [D] [E]
[F#m] [E] [D]
[F#m] [E] [D] [E]
[F#m] [E] [D]
(Verse)
[A] [F#m] I stayed awake just long [E]enough to se[D]e you.
Remember [A]Winnipeg?[F#m] [E] And feeling [D]simpler back then?
[A] [F#m] I took a week off from my [E]band and flew[D] out.
It was a [A]Saturday[F#m]. I [E]saw you [D]waiting by the plane.[E]
(Chorus)
[F#m] I was [E]always in a [D]way just a [E]long shot.
[F#m] I was [E]never in the [D]clear of that.
[F#m] I am l[E]ucky just to [D]be a pote[E]ntial.
[F#m] But I will [E]always make a [D]mess of that.
Of [A]that[F#m][E][D]
Of [A]that[F#m][E][D]
(Half Verse)
[A] [F#m] I traded symmetry for [E]everything[D] I loved.
I took my [A]feelings ou[F#m]t and [E]I had [D]told you I was done.
(Bridge)
[D]I [E]know [F#m]your [A]mist[D]akes, does it bother you that
[D]I [E]found w[F#m]here t[A]hey s[D]tay? Can I reach you yet?
[D]I [E]stood u[F#m]p s[A]o f[D]ast. And I let you down. It was the
[D]first [E]time t[F#m]hat I[A] h[D]eard, I that sound.
It [D]filled my [E]head with the [F#m]darkest [A]shade of bl[D]ack. And I met you there.
I [D]realized th[E]en that I was [F#m]just a l[A]ittle sad. [D] And I left you there.[E]
(Chorus)
[F#m] I was [E]always in a [D]way just a [E]long shot.
[F#m] I was [E]never in the [D]clear of that.
[F#m] I am l[E]ucky just to [D]be a pote[E]ntial.
[F#m] But I will [E]always make a [D]mess of that.
[F#m] I was [E]always in a [D]way just a [E]long shot.
[F#m] I was [E]never in the [D]clear of that.
[F#m] I am l[E]ucky just to [D]be a pote[E]ntial.
[F#m] But I will [E]always make a [D]mess of that.
[F#m] I was [E]always in a [D]way just a [E]long shot.
[F#m] I was [E]never in the [D]clear of that.
[F#m] I am l[E]ucky just to [D]be a pote[E]ntial.
[F#m] But I will [E]always make a [D]mess of that.
