Leave A Trace

NOTE: For the E in the Chorus, I prefer doing a barred E rather than an open E because it sounds more 
consistent to the song. 

CHVRCHES - Leave a Trace 

A 
I gave up on time 

Just like you said you would 

There are tiny cracks of light underneath me 
                       F#m 
And you say I got it wrong 
                                  A 
But I tried hard to uncover them 

A 
I have somehow got 

Away with everything 

Anything you ever did was strictly by design 
                 F#m 
But you got it wrong 
                               A 
And I'll go anywhere but there 

E 
And you had best believe 
                  D 
That you cannot build what I don't need 
        E             D 
And I know I need to feel relief 
        E 
And I know you'll never fold 
                 D 
But I believe nothing that I'm told 
        E              D 
And I know I need to feel relief 

    E              D 
I know I need to feel released 
E 
Take care to tell it just how as it was 
D 
Take care to tell on me for the cause 
    E              D 
I know I need to feel released 
E 
Take care to bury all that you can 
D 
Take care to leave a trace of a man 

A 
I will show restraint 

Just like we said we should 

You think I'll apologize for things I left behind 
                F#m 
But you got it wrong 
                           A 
And I'm as sane as I ever was 

A 
You talk far too much 

For someone so unkind 

I will wipe the salt off of my skin 
                              F#m 
And I'll admit that I got it wrong 
                                A 
And there is grey between the lines 

E 
And you had best believe 
                  D 
That you cannot build what I don't need 
        E             D 
And I know I need to feel relief 
        E 
And I know you'll never fold 
                 D 
But I believe nothing that I'm told 
        E              D 
And I know I need to feel relief 

    E              D 
I know I need to feel released 
E 
Take care to tell it just how as it was 
D 
Take care to tell on me for the cause 
    E              D 
I know I need to feel released 
E 
Take care to bury all that you can 
D 
Take care to leave a trace of a man 

F#m               C#m     Bm 
I know, I know, I know, I know 
F#m               C#m     Bm  
I know, I know, I know, I know 

    E              D 
I know I need to feel released 
E 
Take care to tell it just how as it was 
D 
Take care to tell on me for the cause 
    E              D 
I know I need to feel released 
E 
Take care to bury all that you can 
D 
Take care to leave a trace of a man 

F#m               C#m     Bm 
I know, I know, I know, I know 
F#m               C#m     Bm  
I know, I know, I know, I know