Distant Lovers chords by Duncan Sheik

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D
F#m
A
Bm
E
G
Gm
Bb
C
Gsus2

Intro 1

Verse 1
D 
 (D major) Oh,
A 
the things you say  (A major) 
F#m 
A 
Can  (F sharp minor) ruin a day  (A major) 
Bm 
D 
Bm 
We are distant  (B minor)  (D major) lovers  (B minor) 
A 
Bm 
A 
Bm 
A 
 (A major) Such  (B minor) distant  (A major) lover (B minor) s     (A major) 

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Verse 2

The sky's an angry grey

But we can't look away

We try to break one another

We try to break one an

other

Verse 3
E 
 (E major) 
Landing in some turquoise town
A 
Best not sleep around  (A major) 
Bm 
A 
There's  (B minor)  (A major) whispering
They're listening
G 
Gm 
D 
Then  (G major) talk (G minor) ing  (D major) 
Gm 
D 
Bb 
C 
 (G minor) The world  (D major) is watch (B flat major) ing  (C major) 

Verse 4
D 
F#m 
A 
F#m 
Bm 
 (D major) Oh! Don't stay so far  (F sharp minor) away  (A major)  (F sharp minor)  (B minor) 
A 
Bm 
My distant lover (A major) , my  (B minor) 
A 
Bm 
D 
distant lover (A major)  (B minor)  (D major) 
F#m 
Oh! The thing (F sharp minor) s     you say
A 
F#m 
Bm 
A 
Bm 
 (A major) We try  (F sharp minor) to break  (B minor) one another  (A major)  (B minor) 
D 
Bm 
D 
 (D major) We try  (B minor) to break one another (D major) 

Interlude 1

Verse 5

It's there in black and white

We fuss and we fight

I'm a difficult boy

With a difficult mother

Verse 6

So let's chalk it up to that

The unavoidable fact

It's a difficult world

We try to break one another

Verse 7
E 
D 
E 
 (E major) Some attractions take you down  (D major)  (E major) 
A 
Best not mess around  (A major) 
Bm 
Keep  (B minor) walking
A 
There  (A major) will be talking
G 
Gsus2 
Gm 
D 
Gm 
So much  (G major) talk (Gsus2)  (G minor) ing   (D major)  (G minor) 
A 
D 
Bb 
The world  (A major) is  (D major) watching  (B flat major) 
C 
 (C major) 

Verse 8
D 
F#m 
A 
 (D major) Oh! Don't stay so far  (F sharp minor) away  (A major) 
F#m 
Bm 
D 
Bm 
 (F sharp minor) My  (B minor) distant lover,  (D major)  (B minor) my distant lover
A 
D 
F#m 
 (A major)  (D major) Oh! The thing (F sharp minor) s     you say
A 
Bm 
 (A major) We try to  (B minor) break one another
D 
Bm 
D 
A 
 (D major) We try  (B minor) to break one another  (D major)  (A major) 
D 
F#m 
A 
 (D major) Oh! Why are you so far  (F sharp minor) away?  (A major) 
F#m 
Bm 
 (F sharp minor) My distant  (B minor) lover,
D 
A 
my distant lover  (D major)  (A major) 
D 
F#m 
 (D major) No I won't hear a word  (F sharp minor) they say
A 
F#m 
Bm 
I don't  (A major) want  (F sharp minor)  (B minor) to lose another
D 
Bm 
I  (D major) don't want  (B minor) to lose another