C G Am F F C They say in time it fades G Am Forget where you have been F C G Am Why can't I look away from the face I've seen F C G Am I saw it on those days we spent in the park F C G Am Saw you chasing dreams down the boulevard F G Dm F C G And I saw you're already forgiven Dm F C It takes so long to say it G Dm F C G Already forgiven Dm F C F Am How long I'd let you stay F C I can't escape my name G Am Now I won't even try F C G Am When my body's tired of drinking bitter wine F C G Am When the cup it breaks in my hand each time F C G Am When the cup it breaks in my hand each time F G Dm F C G Telling me you're already forgiven Dm F C Will take me years to say it G Dm F C G Already forgiven Dm F C How could I let you stay? Dm C G Am I want to leave my mind and let my old ways fall F C G C They took shapes I could not have foreseen Dm C And in my hands this time G Am I don't know what I hold F C G Am But I know you're already forgiven F C G C G Am Already forgiven F C G Am I took up the pieces of what you made F C G Am Tried to build a fire where there was no flame F C G Am What I tried to fight in my heart in vain F C G Am What I tried to fight in my heart in vain F G Dm F C G Telling me you're already forgiven Dm F C G It took me years to say it G Dm F C G Already forgiven Dm F C How could I let it stay? G Dm F C G Already forgiven Dm F C It takes me years to say it G Dm F C G Already forgiven Dm F C Why can't I let it fade?