Thursday - How Long Is The Night

thursday
how long is the night
full collapse
2001
submitted by : paramore_fans@yahoo . com

key : C

tuning : standard eadgbe

chords used :
Am – x02210
F – 133211
C – x32010
G – 320003
Dm – xx0231
Em – 022000 or E – 022100
B – x24442

verse 1 :
Am G
if we run far away do you
F
think we will ever die?
Em
we’ll throw these
Dm
books in the fire
C
can you stop the train
B
cause it some delay?
Am G
the change machine lied
F Em
and it’s too late to scream

chorus :
Dm
how long is the night?
F
it’s never over
Dm
it’s never over
Em
the ribbon was tied
C Dm
but the card was never read
F
it’s never over
Dm
it’s never over
Em
the ribbon was crimson
C
the color of the night

verse 2 :
Am
can you see the
C F
handwriting on the walls
Em Dm
and on the autumn leaves that fall
Dm C
“what are we gonna do?”
B Am
the trees are giving up on us
C G
the needle and the thread
F
won’t stitch us to the branch
Em
and the night never ends
Dm C
“what are we gonna do?”
B Am
the trees are giving up on us
G F
the needle and the thread
Am
won’t stitch us to the branch
Dm C
and the night never ends
Dm C
the night never ends
it never ends
Dm C Dm Dm – – x2
night it never ends

bridge :
Am Dm F
i will never sleep again
( i will never even
close my eyes )
( repeat x4 )

verse 3 :
Am G
if the sun is on its way
F
then we will never die
Em
and we’ll follow these
Dm
tracks to the sight
C
now the lungs collapse
B
and the air is getting thin
Am G
all breath expired
F Em
is too late to heal?

( repeat chorus )

verse 4 :
F Em
it’s all i ever see anymore
C
but the day was so
Em Am
bright in the pictures
in the photo album that you gave me
F Em
it’s all i have to live for

outro :
C
i’m falling down
Am
i’m falling down
and you’re not sad
F
to break my fall
i shut my eyes
Em
when you’re around
i hold my breath
to kill the sound
C
i’m falling down
Am
i’m falling down
and you’re not here
F
to catch my fall
i shut my eyes
Em
when you’re around
i hold my breath
to kill the sound
C
i’m falling down
Am
i’m falling down
and you’re not here
F ( hold )
to catch my fall