Standard (EADGBE)

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Intro

Distortion: F#--Ebm--Bbm--G#-- x2

Verse 1

I slowly started chipping

 away at this block of stone

 in an attempt to fashion a

 way to regain your attention

why won't you hear me out?

 I started out with some paper

 and pen and my apologies

but every time I try

 to write to you

I just can never find

 the words to explain

Chorus 1

 so I'll build a monument to honor you

 out of the ruins of the love I knew

 I'll turn your favorite memories

 into a sight for all to see

 because I know when you see

 it you'll come back to me

Interlude

Distortion: F#--Ebm--Bbm--G#--

Verse 2

picked me up the phone and I

 started to dial your

 line from memory

too proud to ever

 let you pickup

close to the point

 where I should give up

you'll never call me back

so now I'm doing something tangible

 I'm working with my hands

because I can never seem to manage

to say I'm sorry in a language

 you can comprehend

(Repeat Chorus 1)

Bridge

I'll put it right

outside your window

so it's impossible to ignore

will that be good enough

 for you? (for you)

and even if you pulled

your shades down

and burn the statue

to the ground

it'll be enough to bring

 your warmth back to me

Chorus 2

 a monument to honor you

out of the ruins of the love I knew

I'll turn your favorite memories

into a sight for all to see

 because I know when you see

 it you'll come back to me

Chorus 3

 building a monument to honor you

 out of the ruins of the love I knew

 I'll turn your favorite memories

 into a sight for all to see

 because I know when you see

 it you'll come back to me

Outro

 come back to me

Fm--F#, Fm--F#--C#(hold)