Intro: B--;
          G#m-F#-E-; (2x)
          G#m-F#-E-F#-E pause

              G#m       F#,E
   When the fighting is over
              G#m              F#, E
   'Cause our mouths have just run dry
             G#m       F#,E
   As our feelings get colder
              G#m          F#,  E
   There is nothing to hold us now
         F#      G#m 
   Gave all this time
            F#,    E pause
   Just to be let down

            B 
   Can you explain to me

   What has become of us
          E
   With words released
                            G#m-
   We can never take them back
              E                  (Interlude)
   Not even pleading can save us, no

   Interlude: G#m-F#-E-; (2x)
              G#m-F#-E-F#-E pause

                 G#m           F#
   I know you'll meet someone better
                  E
   But would you still think of me
              G#m          F#
   If he can't hold you like I did
               E
   Would you run back to me
          G#m        F#       E
   Yes I know this pain shall pass
         F#      G#m 
   Gave all this time
                F#,    E 
   Still we couldn't last

      B
   Explain to me, what has become of us
          E
   With words released
                           G#m
   We can never take them back

   For all that we're worth now
              E                
   Not even pleading can save us

  G#m
   How do we end this way
         B
   Our promises thrown away
       E
   All the years we've built
                      F#      G#m
   Broken up, see it crashing down
  G#m                     B
   I have to say though alone
                  E
   In this crazy sea of faces
          E                     Em
   It's still your face I wanna know

   Adlib: G#m-B-E-; (2x)

      B
   Explain to me, what has become of us
          E
   With words released
                           G#m
   We can never take them back

   For all that we're worth now
              E                
   Not even pleading can save us
                B
   Can save us now

  B
   (Oh woh oh...) The fighting is over
  E
   (Oh woh oh...) The fighting is over
  G#m
   (Oh woh oh...) The fighting is over
  E
   (Oh woh oh...) The fighting is over, now
  B - E - G#m - E - B
   Oh woh woh....