OneRepublic - Counting Stars

[intro]
C#m                 E
Lately, I've been, I've been losing sleep
B                              A
Dreaming about the things that we could be
    C#m               E
But baby, I've been, I've been praying hard,
B
Said no more counting dollars
A
We'll be counting stars, yeah
 A
we'll be counting stars

[interlude] x2
C#m  E  B  A

[verse 1]
           C#m
I see this life like a swinging vine
E
Swing my heart across the line
    B
And in my face is flashing signs
A
Seek it out and ye shall find
C#m
Old, but I'm not that old
E
Young, but I'm not that bold
B
I don't think the world is sold
A
On just doing what we're told

[pre-chorus]
C#m E                B
I feel something so right
          A
Doing the wrong thing
C#m E                B
I feel something so wrong
          A
Doing the right thing
A
 I couldn't lie, couldn't lie, couldn't lie
A
Everything that kills me makes me feel alive

[chorus]
C#m                 E
Lately, I've been, I've been losing sleep
B                              A
Dreaming about the things that we could be
C#m                   E
But baby, I've been, I've been praying hard,
B
Said no more counting dollars
A
We'll be counting stars
C#m                 E
Lately, I've been, I've been losing sleep
B                              A
Dreaming about the things that we could be
C#m                   E
But baby, I've been, I've been praying hard,
B
Said, no more counting dollars
A
We'll be, we'll be counting stars

[interlude]
C#m  E  B  A

[verse 2]
             C#m
I feel your love and I feel it burn
E
Down this river, every turn
B
Hope is our four-letter word
A
Make that money, watch it burn
C#m
Old, but I'm not that old
E
Young, but I'm not that bold
B
And I don't think the world is sold
A
On just doing what we're told

[pre-chorus]
C#m  E                 B
I feel something so wrong
          A
Doing the right thing
A
I couldn't lie, couldn't lie, couldn't lie
A
Everything that drowns me makes me wanna fly

[chorus]
C#m                 E
Lately, I've been, I've been losing sleep
B                              A
Dreaming about the things that we could be
    C#m               E
But baby, I've been, I've been praying hard,
B
Said no more counting dollars
A
We'll be counting stars
C#m                 E
Lately, I've been, I've been losing sleep
B                              A
Dreaming about the things that we could be
    C#m               E
But baby, I've been, I've been praying hard,
B
Said no more counting dollars
A
We'll be, we'll be counting stars

[bridge]
Oh, take that money, watch it burn
Sink in the river the lessons I learned
Take that money, watch it burn
Sink in the river the lessons I learned
Take that money, watch it burn
Sink in the river the lessons I learned
C#m
Take that money, watch it burn

Sink in the river the lessons I learned
A               F#m
Everything that kills me makes feel alive

[chorus]
C#m                 E
Lately, I've been, I've been losing sleep
B                              A
Dreaming about the things that we could be
    C#m               E
But baby, I've been, I've been praying hard,
B
Said, no more counting dollars
A
We'll be counting stars
C#m                 E
Lately, I've been, I've been losing sleep
B                              A
Dreaming about the things that we could be
    C#m               E
But baby, I've been, I've been praying hard,
B
Said, no more counting dollars
A
We'll be, we'll be counting stars

[outro]
C#m
Take that money, watch it burn
E
Sink in the river, the lessons I learned
B
Take that money, watch it burn
A
Sink in the river, the lessons I learned
C#m
Take that money, watch it burn
E
Sink in the river, the lessons I learned
B
Take that money, watch it burn
A
Sink in the river, the lessons I learned
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