(intro 2x) D  G  Em  G

 (verse 1)
D                G                       Em                G
 i'd like to say, i make good use of my time while you've been away.
D              G                      Em    G        D          G  Em  G
 and it's true, i've been at my piano everyday...thinking of you...
D                 G
 they talk around, i hear them whisper,
         Em                         G
 its the funniest thing really they, think you're gone forever.
 D                         G                   Em     G
 i know the truth its just, getting hard to believe it...

A              G               A          C9
 and they all tell me its over, even the stars are alligned and i,

 (chorus)
D             A                    Em
 i follow the signs so clearly and still i fall in,
     G
 the quicksand's pulling me down.
D             A                    Em
 i follow the signs so clearly and still they catch me,
     G
 the quicksand's pulling me down.

( D  G  Em  G )

 (verse 2)
D
 i'm not the same,
G                                 Em                       G
 i can't sleep nights and now i'm calling your name when i do.
D                        G                 Em                      G
 and yet without you they, say i get on better, and better, and better..

A              G
 when they all tell me it's over,
A              C9
 i'll damn the gods until the stars are alligned, and i,

 (chorus)
D             A                    Em
 i follow the signs so clearly and still i fall in,
     G
 the quicksand's pulling me down.
D             A                    Em
 i follow the signs so clearly and still they catch me,
     G                       Bm
 the quicksand's pulling me down..

( Bm  G ) (2x)

 (bridge)
      Bm
 well look at my life and look at my face,
 Bm                                 G
 can't you see my heart bleeding down my sleeve?
           Bm
 so you're holding my hand and holding my heart,
     Bm                                         G
 but i just want to feel your breath inside me so i, can breathe.
 Bm
 somewhere in the distance i catch a spark, a grace,
     Bm                                                 G
 and hope for something that makes me feel like i'm alive.
     Bm
 it's never too soon, it's never too late, so i start screaming out, i,
           G                                         A
 see your face, i see your hand, reaching out, and i yell to you and i say:

 (chorus)
*guitar break in acoustic version(otherwise same as above)*

 i follow the signs so clearly and still i fall in

 the quicksand's pulling me down.
D             A                    Em
 i follow the signs so clearly and still they catch me,
     G
 the quicksand's pulling me down
D             A                    Em
 i follow the signs so clearly and still i fall in,
     G
 the quicksand's pulling me down
D               A                  Em
 i know you can feel me rising and i'm on fire,
 G         D        A  Em  G
 keep on pulling me out...out..

 D
 look at my life and look at my face,
     A                                      Em         G
 and look where i've come to get to this place with you...
D                                           A
 being here to sit and lay at your feet and rest in your arms,
                 Em            G
 and listen to your heart beat...

 D       A       Em   G
 ohhhhh, ohhhhh, ohhhhh.... x 4 (or as many as you like)

 (outro)   D  A  Em  G  A  D