Clever Lines chords by
Jay Stapley
Jay Stapley
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Key: D major
Verse 1
Gb
Gb

Gdim
Gdim

Eb
Eb

Ab
Ab

Db
Db

Ab
Ab

Db
Db

I try to
Gb
Gb

write some clever lines
Db
Db

Gb
Gb

Fm
Fm

Ab
Ab

Set the world on fire
Db
Db

Gb
Gb

Sometimes I'm the smartest man alive,
Db
Db

Gb
Gb

Fm
Fm

Ab
Ab

sometimes I'm a liar
Gb
Gb

Db
Db

Ab
Ab

Gb
Gb

And all my words would be in vain,
Db
Db

Ab
Ab

if your tears should fall again
Gb
Gb

Eb
Eb

Ab
Ab

Db
Db

And all my ideas are falling rain
Ab
Ab

Db
Db

Gb
Gb

An d I try to say some clever words
Fm
Fm

Ab
Ab

To set your heart at ease
Db
Db

But every time I start to speak
Gb
Gb

Fm
Fm

Ab
Ab

I feel your body freeze
Gb
Gb

Db
Db

Ab
Ab

And all my life I had it wrong
Gb
Gb

Db
Db

Ab
Ab

Gb
Gb

Every line and every song
Eb
Eb

Ab
Ab

I was just stringing myself along
B
B

Bbm
Bbm

With words that give me wings
A
A

Db
Db

But also bring me down to earth again
B
B

Bsus2
Bsus2

Bbm
Bbm

What if no one sings them?
A
A

Do the things they mean
Db
Db

Gb
Gb

Gbm
Gbm

have any life at all?
Db
Db

Gb
Gb

I thought that I was older and wiser,
Fm
Fm

Ab
Ab

but now I'm not so sure
Db
Db

I'm just more aware of when
Gb
Gb

I'm being foolish
Fm
Fm

Ab
Ab

Gb
Gb

than I was before
Db
Db

Ab
Ab

And every battle that I fought
Gb
Gb

Db
Db

Ab
Ab

Fm
Fm

All of the love I thought I'd bought
Gb
Gb

Eb
Eb

Ab
Ab

Db
Db

And all my ideas will count for naught
Ab
Ab

Db
Db

Gb
Gb

I try to write some clever lines
Fm
Fm

Ab
Ab

Set the world on fire
Db
Db

Sometimes I'm the smartest
Gb
Gb

man alive
Sometimes I'm a liar
You

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