Verse 1:
G#m C#m E
You were my halogen, guiding me home
G#m C#m E
My only weapon when I was alone
G#m C#m E
You were a big city, one I got lost in
G#m F# B C#m A E
And when you spoke with me, I fell open
C#m A E
I fell open
Pre-Chorus:
C#m A E
But did you know that cost when you broke your promise?
E
(I wasn’t prepared)
C#m A E B
That when your bombs went off they would come down on us
Chorus:
C#m A E
I was a knife in a gunfight
G#m C#m
And I fought so madly
A G#m
You were a wolf in the daylight, And you almost had me
Instrumental: C#m A E G#m
Tag:
C#m A E G#m
And you almost had me
Instrumental: E
Verse 2:
G#m C#m E
I thought you were showing all your colors
G#m C#m
But you were in sheep’s clothing
E
А mind of another
G#m C#m
Can a slave preach freedom?
E G#m F#
Can a captive take hold of what they believe in?
Pre-Chorus:
C#m A E
But did you know that cost when you broke your promise?
E
(I wasn’t prepared)
C#m A E B
That when your bombs went off they would come down on us
Chorus:
C#m A E
I was a knife in a gunfight
G#m C#m
And I fought so madly
A E
You were a wolf in the daylight
B C#m
And you almost had me
A E
With a blindside
G#m C#m
And it hurt so badly
A E
You were a wolf in the daylight
G#m C#m
And you almost had me
Bridge:
C#m G#m A
I guess I knew when your heart stop beating,
A
I’d never let you sink your teeth in
C#m E B
I guess I knew when your heart stop beating,
B
I’d never let you sink your teeth in
Breakdown:
C#m A
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
E G#m
Oh-oh-oh (you almost had me)
C#m A
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
E G#m
Oh-oh-oh (and you almost had me)
C#m A E
I guess I know when your heart stop beating (oh-oh-oh),
G#m
And you almost had me
C#m A E G#m
I guess I knew when your heart stop beating (oh-oh-oh)
Chorus:
C#m A E G#m C#m
I was a knife in a gunfight, And I fought so madly
A G#m
You were a wolf in the daylight, And you almost had me
