Artist: Dashboard Confessional
Title : Bend And Not Break
Tuning: Half-Step Down
Intro: E (16x)
E - C#m - A (6x)
E C#m A
I catalog these steps now
E C#m A
decisive and intentioned
E
precise and patterned
C#m A E C#m A
specifically to yours
E Bbm A
I'm talented at breathing
E C#m A
especially exhaling
E
so that my chest will
C#m A E C#m A
rise and fall with yours
E - C#m - A (4x)
E C#m A
I'm careful not to wake you
E C#m A
fearing conversation
E C#m A
It's better just to hold you
E C#m A
and keep you pacified
E C#m A
I'm talented with reason
E C#m A
I cover all the angles
E C#m A E C#m A
I can fail before I EVER try
Chorus:
E B/D#
Try to understand there's an
A Am
old mistake that fools will make
E C#m
And I'm the king of them
A C
pushing everything that's good away
E C#m A
So won't you hold me now?
F#m
(I will not bend I will not break)
E C#m A
Won't you hold me now?
F#m
(I will not bend I will not break)
E - C#m - A (2x)
E C#m A
I am fairly agile
E C#m A
I can bend and not break
E
Or I can break and
C#m A E C#m A
take it with a smile
E C#m A
I am so resilient
E C#m A
I recover quickly
E
I'll convince you
C#m A E C#m A
soon that i am fine
Chorus:
E B/D#
Try to understand there's an
A Am
old mistake that fools will make
E C#m
And I'm the king of them
A C
pushing everything that's good away
E C#m A
So won't you hold me now?
F#m
(I will not bend I will not break)
E C#m A
Won't you hold me now?
F#m
(For you I rise for you I fall)
Interlude: E - C#m - D - E (2x)
Bridge:
E C#m D E
Just hold me close to you
(Repeat 4x)
Interlude: E - C#m - D - E (2x)
Chorus:
E C#m
Try to understand there's an
A A
old mistake that fools will make
E C#m
And I'm the king of them
A D
pushing everything that's good away
E C#m A C
So won't you hold me now?
E C#m A C
Won't you hold me now?
E - C#m - A (4x) E(end)
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