From the EP "Letters" (2024)
Youtube link: https://youtu.be/Ahbhv-k4Em4
Youtube link: https://open.spotify.com/track/1WpML49J52wtI6B7cEfoRP?si=6ddec04d81fb4e7f
[Intro]
| Am | G/B | C | Dm7 |
| C/E | C/E | F | F |
| Am | G/B | C | Dm7 |
| C/E | C/E | F | F |
[Verse 1]
Am
We used to write each other letters
Am
Such beautiful letters
F
And every time I'd see my name in her handwriting on an envelope
G
My day would get a bit better
Am
I didn't forget her
Am
How could I ever forget her?
F
But now all that's left on my desk in the dust and neglect
G
Is some envelopes, empty as ever
[Chorus]
Am G/B C
It's a terrible thing to share everything that you've got
Dm7
With the one person who matters
C/E
And have it not really matter
F
We used to write each other letters
[Instrumental]
| Am | Asus2 | Asus4 | Asus2 |
| F | F(b5) | F | G |
[Verse 2]
Am
And then one day you dried up
Am
Just imagined you were kind of tied up
F
God only knows I didn't want to impose
F G
So I just bit my tongue with a stiff lip
Am Asus2
Until it was far too late
Asus4 Asus2
For me to even contemplate
F F(b5)
Writing again just to ask where you'd been
F G
So I guess we just settled on stalemate
[Chorus]
Am G/B C
It's a terrible thing to share everything that you've got
Dm7
With the one person who matters
C/E
And have it not really matter
F
We used to write each other letters
Am G/B C
It's a terrible thing to share everything that you've got
Dm7
With the one person who matters
C/E
And have it not really matter
F
We used to write each other letters
[Bridge]
C
Yeah, goddammit now, this wasn't part of the plan
F
I let you down, but please understand
Am
You have to bear with me if I'm fucking this up
F
Because the truth is I'm useless at opening up
C
Both of us know it wasn't love in the end
F
You were more of a teacher, a distant best friend
Am
I've been missing our missives, and mourning our youth
F
And if we got on the phone, we'd tell each other the truth and say
G F
"I'm tired of just making do, I'm tired of just muddling through
G F
Aren't you tired of making do? I'm tired of muddling through"
[Chorus]
Am G/B C
It's a terrible thing to share everything that you've got
Dm7
With the one person who matters
C/E
And have it not really matter
F
We used to write each other letters
Am G/B C
But it's a curious thing to doubt everything that you've got
Dm7
Get saved by a stranger
C/E
You knew when you were younger
F
I'm going to write another letter
[Post-Chorus]
Am G/B C
I need to try and put it better
Dm7 C/E
I need to try and put it better
F
I started writing you a letter
[Outro]
| Am | G/B | C | Dm7 |
| C/E | C/E | F |