Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

Same Chords as the verse

 I know that fan is moving air, I can see it in your hair

But I can't bear to breathe it in somehow

 I'll rise and fall with you 'cause you can't fail me now

 I'll rise and fall with you 'cause you can't fail me now

Salt is sweet upon my mouth, and dark throws sparks against my house

The state of love is a smudge on my brow

But you see through me and you can't fail me now

When you see right through me, you can't fail me now

I've bit off more than I can chew, It's something that I tend to do

When fewer words are what we need and how

Oh, you bite my tongue, and you can't fail me now

I rant and rail but you can't fail me now

Instrumental

 Same Chords as verse (extra 4 beats on the final )

Bridge

 I've lost the thread a mong the vines

 And hung myself in story line

 That tell the tales I never would allow

 God knows the name of every bird

 That fills my mind like angry words

 But you know all my secret heart avows E

 We're taught to love the worst of us

 And mercy more than life but trust me

Mercy's just a warning shot across the bow

 I live for yours and you can't fail me now

 I live for your mercy,

Finish

you can't fail me now

 No, you can't fail me now