James Blunt – Tears and Rain

Performed by
James Blunt
Release Year
2004
Album
Back to Bedlam

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James Blunt – Tears and Rain
Key: G Major BPM: ♩ = 85 Time: 4/4
|G     |Bm     |Em     |Em     |
|C     |G      |D      |D      |

|G             |Bm                |Em   |Em   |
   How I wish I could surrender my soul
|C                                     |G                                  |D      |D   |
   Shed the clothes that become my skin,  see the liar that burns within my needing
|G               |Bm                  |Em    |Em   |
   How I wish I'd chosen darkness from   cold
|C                                   |G                       |D      |D                    |
   How I wish I had screamed out loud,  instead, I've found no meaning,  I guess it's time I

|G            |D                   |
 run far, far away, find comfort in
|Em                      |C                                  |
 pain, all pleasure's the same, it just keeps me from trouble
|G              |Bm         |
   Hides my true shape, like
      |Em                        |C                                 |
Dorian Gray, I’ve heard what they say, but I'm not here for trouble
    |G             |D                         |
It's more than just words, it's just tears and

|G     |Dsus4     |
 rain

|G                        |Bm                     |Em               |Em            |
   How I wish I could walk through the doors of my mind (hold memory close at hand)
|C                          |G                       |D            |D        |
   Hold memory close at hand,  help me understand the years (I wish you well)
|G                            |Bm              |Em    |Em   |
   How I wish I could choose between Heaven and   Hell
|C                                |G                 |D   |D                    |
   How I wish I would save my soul,  I’m so cold from fear,  I guess it's time I

|G            |D                   |
 run far, far away, find comfort in
|Em                      |C                                  |
 pain, all pleasure's the same, it just keeps me from trouble
|G              |Bm         |
   Hides my true shape, like
      |Em                        |C                                |
Dorian Gray, I’ve heard what they say, but I'm not here for trouble

|G          |D/F#                |Em                      |C                                  |
   Far, far away, find comfort in pain, all pleasure's the same, it just keeps me from trouble
    |G             |D                         |
It's more than just words, it's just tears and

|G     |Dsus4     |
 rain

|G    |D        |Em           |C           |
 Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah (tears and rain), ah-ah
|G    |Bm       |Em                |C   |
 Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah (tears and rain)

|G          |D/F#                |Em                      |C                                  |
   Far, far away, find comfort in pain, all pleasure's the same, It just keeps me from trouble
    |G             |D    |D                    |G   |
It's more than just words,  it’s just tears and rain