Gotye - The Only Thing I Know

( capo on 2nd fret )

intro : G , Am , Em , Em

G Am Em
i’m living with your memory
G Am Em
in the attic in my mind
G Am Em
and you’ve been getting by without me
G Am Em
but i’ve been spending all my time
G Am Em
with a girl that i remember
G Am Em
who’ll never leave or need to grow
G Am Em
’cos when you left , you left your memory
G Am Em
now it’s the only thing i know

G Am Em
when the past gives me discomfort
G Am Em
and the future is a cost
G Am Em
the way i’m choosing to remember
G Am Em
i’ll forever be the man i never was

G Am Em G Am Em
and y – – – – o – – – – u , you F – – – A – – – D – – – E
G Am Em G Am Em
but the memory remains , the same
G Am Em G Am Em
and i – – – – – – – – – i , i can’t ch – – – A – – – nge
G Am Em
and i think that living with your memory
G Am Em
is slowly driving me insane

G Am Em
you were perfect but you’re empty
G Am Em
and it gets so lonely in my mind
G Am Em
’cos your image in my memory’s
G Am Em
the only shred of you that’s left behind
G Am Em
you were real but then you left me
G Am Em
and that’s the part i can’t accept
G Am Em
so i’ll keep on living with your memory
G Am Em
because it’s all that i’ve got left
G Am Em
it’s all that i’ve got left