[Intro]
F  G  Am  C [X2]

[Verse 1]
F               G
You know me the best
            Am                          C
You know my worst, see me hurt, but you don't judge
F                     G            Am         C
That, right there, is the scariest feeling
F           G           Am
Opening and closing up again
                    C
I've been hurt so I don't trust
F                G              Am       C
Now here we are, staring at the ceiling

[Pre-Chorus]
                        F        G        Am     C
I've said those words before but it was a lie
                   F           G        Am     C
And you deserve to hear them a thousand times

[Chorus]
                      F
If all it is is eight letters
       G             Am       C
Why is it so hard to say?
          F
If all it is is eight letters
       G           Am     C
Why am I in my own way?
         F
Why do I pull you close
    G                Am       C
And then ask you for space
          F           G
If all it is is eight letters
                     Am      C
Why is it so hard to say?

[Instrumental]
F    G    Am    C    [X2]

[Verse 2]
          F
Isn't it amazing
           G
How almost every line
       Am
On our hands align
          C
When your hand's in mine
              F
It's like I'm whole again
      G
Isn't that a sign
         Am             C
I should speak my mind

[Pre-Chorus]
                      F          G        Am      C
I've said those words before but it was a lie
                   F           G        Am       C
And you deserve to hear them a thousand times

[Chorus]
                      F
If all it is is eight letters
       G             Am      C
Why is it so hard to say?
          F
If all it is is eight letters
       G           Am
Why am I in my own way?
         F
Why do I pull you close
    G                Am      C
And then ask you for space
          F
If all it is is eight letters
       G             Am    C
Why is it so hard to say? (woah, oh yeah)

[Instrumental]
F    G     Am     C     [X2]

[Bridge]
F            G
 When I close my eyes
Am             C
 It's you there in my mind
F            G        Am     C
 When I close my eyes

[Chorus]
                      F
If all it is is eight letters
       G             Am      C
Why is it so hard to say?
                     F
If all it is is eight letters
       G           Am      C
Why am I in my own way?
         F
Why do I pull you close
    G                Am      C
And then ask you for space
                      F
If all it is is eight letters
       G             Am
Why is it so hard to say?

[Outro]
          F
If all it is is eight letters
       G        Am
When I close my eyes
         C
It's you there in my mind  (It's only you)
F            G         Am      C
 When I close my eyes
                      F
If all it is is eight letters
       G        Am
When I close my eyes
         C
It's you there in my mind (you)
F           G       Am     C
 When I close my eyes