[Key: D♭ major | Tempo: 42 bpm | laid-back acoustic reggae, live, raw]
[Instrumentation: solo male vocal (raspy, SoCal), single acoustic guitar (reggae skank, percussive slaps), live room noise]
[Dbmaj9 | Bbm7 | Gbmaj7 | Absus4–Ab]
[loose count-in under breath, lazy down-strum into Verse]
[Verse 1]
[Dbmaj9] Met you on a weekday, nothing in the sky was gold
[Bbm7] You were in that worn AC/DC shirt, seeming nervous yet bold,
[Gbmaj7] You were talking with your hands, I was trying not to stare
[Abadd9] Every throwaway detail pulled a new note from your pretty hair
[Dbmaj9] Now we’re leaning on the kitchen counter, trading playlists in the dark
[Bbm7] You’re off-key on the high notes but you never miss the heart
[Gbmaj7] When you laugh between the lyrics, all the noise just disappears
[Absus4–Ab] I’ve been living in a loop and you bent it into years
[Pre-Chorus]
[Gbmaj7, off-beat skank] Stay a little longer on the downbeat, don’t rush this
[Bbm7] Let the neighbors hear the record skip and still not quit
[Db/F] If the night runs out of neon and the city loses glow
[Ebm7 | Abadd9] I’ll still find a way to say the things I never show
[Chorus / Hook]
[Dbmaj9, bigger strum] You feel like a song I don’t get tired of
[Bbm7] Like a chord I didn’t know I’d been dreaming of
[Gbmaj7] You turn this quiet room into something that hits
[Abadd9] Every small touch landing right where it fits
[Dbmaj9] You’re the line that my mind keeps repeating back
[Bbm7] When the rest of me drifts, you keep me on track
[Gbmaj7] If the world falls out of tune, I’m fine with it
[Absus4–Ab] Long as you’re the part of me that still makes sense of it
[Post-Chorus]
[Dbmaj9, soft fingerpicking] Mmm, you, running through the headspace
[Bbm7] Mmm, you, living in the dead space
[Gbmaj7][Long held “ahh” on the chord, close-miked, one voice]
[Abadd9] [Thumb taps on the guitar body marking out the pulse]
Kiss
[Verse 2]
[Dbmaj9] We’ve been honest in the half-light, saying too much, then we laugh (smokin weed)
[Bbm7] You’re not trying to be perfect, you just cut the act in half
[Gbmaj7] All the futures I was dodging show up sitting on your floor
[Abadd9] In a mess of open takeout and a jacket by the door
[Dbmaj9] If I ever ghost myself, spiral back into my head
[Bbm7] You just slide into the silence with a “hey, come back to bed”
[Gbmaj7] It’s the way you make the heavy feel like something we can lift
[Absus4–Ab] Not a movie, not a highlight, just a real life, steady gift
[Pre-Chorus 2]
[Gbmaj7] We don’t need a big crescendo or a grand design
[Bbm7] Just your feet up on my dashboard and your hand in mine
[Db/F] If tomorrow sounds uncertain, let it stay off key
[Ebm7 | Abadd9] I just want the kind of simple that still ruins me
[Chorus / Hook – lifted]
[Dbmaj9] You feel like a song I don’t get tired of
[Bbm7] Like a chord I didn’t know I’d been dreaming of
[Gbmaj7] You turn this quiet room into something that hits
[Abadd9] Every small touch landing right where it fits
[Dbmaj9 rings out]
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