Collide ORDER: I V1 V2 C V3 C B C C E INTRO: F#
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VERSE 1: F# B Open up your box of sunshine F# B And smile as confetti comes raining down on you F# B You feel a lot like the good guy, but do you know why F# Everything's so blue VERSE 2: F# B Well, love is fire and the coals are barely burning F# B Cold fills the emptiness that fills this empty place F# B I taught you the walk but then you ran away from me And that's not how it's supposed to be CHORUS: F# A B I, I collide, with love as an elusive state of mind F# A B I know there's something else it's supposed to be F# A B I, I collide, with love as an elusive state of mind G D Something's killing me!
VERSE 3: F# B Tearful confessions have watered down and broken down F# B The chance for unrequited love to finally reach its wall F# B You're waiting for the axe to fall But can't you see it lying on the ground? BRIDGE: F#
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B (yeah)
F# E Em You could be the best one at cleaning up this mess B Be the best one, be the best one, be the best one SOLO: F#
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ENDING: G D …Something, something’s killing, something’s killing me! F# A B You could be the best one at cleaning up this filthy mess (Love as an elusive state of mind) F# A B You could be the best one at cleaning up this filthy mess B F# (I know there’s something else it’s supposed to be!) B F# I know there’s something else it’s supposed to be! B F# I know there’s something else it’s supposed to be!
© 2000 Jars of Clay Version from “If I Left The Zoo” and “The White Elephant Sessions”