[Intro Riff]

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[Intro]

Riff        Riff 
Riff        Riff     


[Verse 1]

            
Oh, life is bi

     
gger…   It's b

igger than you

,
            
and you are no

              
t me, the leng

              
ths that I wil

  
l go to
              
The distance i

            
n your eyes,  

            
    Oh no, I'v

            
e said too muc

             
h…… I set it u

p


[Pre-Chorus 1]

              
That's me in t

            
he corner, tha

              
t's me in the 

   
spotlight,
            
Losing my reli

              
gion, trying t

   
o keep, up, wi

th you
            
And I don't kn

              
ow if I can do

            
 it,      Oh n

            
o, I've said t

              
oo much, I hav

           
en't said enou

gh


[Chorus]

              
I thought that

              
 I heard you l

 
aughing,
              
I thought that

             
 I heard you s

           
ing… I think I

             
 thought I saw

     
 you try


[Verse 2]

             
     Every whi

            
sper, of every

         
 waking hour,
            
I'm choosing m

              
y confessions,

            
 trying to kee

p an eye on yo

u
            
Like a hurt lo

              
st and blinded

            
 fool, fool   

              
   Oh no, I've

            
 said too much

    
… I set it up


[Pre-Chorus 2]

            
Consider this,

              
 consider this

      
, the hint of 

the century
            
Consider this,

              
 the slip, tha

  
t brought me t

o my knees…… f

ailed
            
What if all th

              
ese fantasies 

            
come,    flail

              
ing around, no

            
w I've said, t

    
oo much


[Chorus]

              
I thought that

              
 I heard you l


aughing,
              
I thought that

             
 I heard you s

           
ing…… I think 

             
I thought I sa

       
w you try


At this point the song goes into the mandolin solo, and most tabs
play this starting on the 12th fret, but it's easier playing it like this,
you stay with the Am chord and play this little riff.

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But that was j

             
ust a dream. T

             
hat was just a

   
 dream


[Pre-Chorus 1]

              
That's me in t

            
he corner, tha

              
t's me in the 


spotlight,
            
Losing my reli

              
gion, trying t

  
o keep up with

 you
            
And I don't kn

              
ow if I can do

            
 it,       Oh 

            
no, I've said 

              
too much, I ha

           
ven't said eno

ugh


[Chorus]

              
I thought that

             
 I heard you l

              
aughing, I tho

             
ught that I he

        
ard you sing
             
I, think I tho

             
ught I saw you

           
 try, but that

              
 was just a dr

     
eam, try, cry,

 why, try
             
That was just 

              
a dream, just 

            
a dream, just 

             
a dream, dream


To end you end the verse with an Am chord again and just pick the high E string
7 times, then one downward strum on the Am, repeat this 4 times and end with the
little end riff, still on the Am chord.

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