A Thousand Years
By: Christina Perri

Verse 1:
Heart beats fast, colours and promises
A#     A#    A#   D C     A# A# A# A#

How to be brave
F    D# D  A# G

How can I love when I'm afraid to fall
F     D# D C      D     A    A A# A# A#

But watching you stand alone
A#  D C       A#  A#    A# A#

All of my doubt
F  D# D A# G

Suddenly goes away somehow
F  D# D  C     D A    A# G

One step closer
G     A    A# A

Chorus:
I have died everyday waiting for you
D  F     D      D F D     G  F    C  A#

Darling don't be afraid I have loved you for a thousand years
D  F       D    D    F D  G  F      C     A# A# C  D# D       G

I'll love you for a thousand more
G  A#  C     A# C D# D       F

Verse 2:
Time stands still, beauty in all she is
A#    A#   A#     D C    A# A# A# A#

I will be brave, I will not let anything take away
F D# D  A#G  F D# D    C   D A A   A#  A# A#

What's standing in front of me
A#     D C       A#  A#  F   D

Every     breath,   every   hour has come to this
F  D#  D  A# G   F D# D  C     D      A   A#  G  

One step closer
G      A    A# A

Chorus: X2
I have died everyday waiting for you
D  F     D      D F D     G  F    C  A#

Darling don't be afraid I have loved you for a thousand years
D  F       D    D    F D  G  F      C     A# A# C  D# D       G

I'll love you for a thousand more
G  A#  C     A# C D# D       F

And all along I believed I would find you
D       D     F D    D  F D          G    F      C      A#

Time has brought your heart to me
D       F    D           D     D     F  D 

I have loved you for a thousand years
G   F      C     A# A# C   D# D     G

I'll love you for a thousand more
G   A#  C  A#  C  D# D        F

One step closer
A#  C      D C

One step closer
G     A     A# C