The Thing Is chords

[INTRO]
[Em] [C] [G] [G7]

[VERSE 1]
[Em]No matter how clever,[C]
[Em]Nothing lasts fore[C]ver.
[Em]Eternal cities cru[C]mble,
[Em]As it was with our love, [C]
[Em]Like the Colossus of Rhodes, [C]
[Em]Or Brad Pitt i[C]n a bad[G] picture show, [G7]
[Em]Everything is temp[C]orary[G] , [G7]
[Em]Folding[C] into a[G] beach of lov[G7]e,
[Em]I sti[C]ll remem[G]be[G7]r.

[CHORUS]
[Em]The thing is[C] ,
[G]When I re[D]member our morning routi[Am]ne,
[C]You’d mad[Em]e coffe[G]e and sat a cup next to me, [G7] [Am]
[C]You’ve alwa[Em]ys hated the smell of co[G]ffee, [G7]
[D]That said to me,
[Em]You loved me.

[VERSE 2]
[Em]We made love dancing in life for only a short time, [C]
[Em]The years for both of us have be[C]en kind.
[Em]You still look so [C]beautiful to me,
[Em]As the memories of the bad times fade,[C]
[Em]I have always wished [C]you the [G]best[G7] ,
[Em]With your gen[C]tle kindnesses, [G] [G7]
[G]I stil[D]l reme[G]mb[G7]er.

[CHORUS]
[Em]The thing is[C] ,
[G]When I re[D]member our morning routi[Am]ne,
[C]You’d mad[Em]e coffe[G]e and sat a cup next to me, [G7] [Am]
[C]You’ve alwa[Em]ys hated the smell of co[G]ffee, [G7]
[D]That said to me,
[Em]You loved me.

[VERSE 3]
[Em]When we still [C]speak,
[Em]Or see you out at night, [C]
[Em]I know you stil[C]l wished me [G]well in life, [G7]
[Em]Like [C]sharing our old [G]movies and TV s[G7]hows,
[Em]I st[C]ill reme[G]mb[G7]er.

[CHORUS]
[Em]The thing is[C] ,
[G]When I re[D]member our morning routi[Am]ne,
[C]You’d mad[Em]e coffe[G]e and sat a cup next to me, [G7] [Am]
[C]You’ve alwa[Em]ys hated the smell of co[G]ffee, [G7]
[D]That said to me,
[Em]You loved me.

[VERSE 4]
[Em]It was so many years ag[C]o,
[Em]That we built a short [C]life,
[Em]When we were still you[C]ng,
[Em]Before it came down with strife, [C]
[Em]The [C]pain c[G]ontinues to subsid[G7]e,
[Em]But the m[C]emories will last a l[G]ifetime, [G7]

[CHORUS]
[Em]The thing is[C] ,
[G]When I re[D]member our morning routi[Am]ne,
[C]You’d mad[Em]e coffe[G]e and sat a cup next to me, [G7] [Am]
[C]You’ve alwa[Em]ys hated the smell of co[G]ffee, [G7]
[D]That said to me,
[Em]You loved me,
[G]And [D]it was beautiful[G] , [G7]
[G]I st[D]ill remembe[G]r.[G7]
[G]How can[D] that[G] b[G7]e?

[OUTRO]
[Em] [C] [G] [G7]