Counting Stars

* One Republic tone C#m (Below is simplified as Am with Capo fret 4)

 

 Intro: [Am] Lately, I've been, [C] I've been losing sleep

 [G] Dreaming about the things that [F] we could be

 But [Am] baby, I've been, [C] I've been praying hard

 [G] Said, no more counting dollars [F] We'll be counting stars, yeah [F] we'll be counting stars

 

 1. I see this [Am] life like a swinging vine, [C] swing my heart across the line

 [G] In my face is flashing sign, [F] seek it out and ye shall find

 [Am] Oh, but I'm not that old, [C] young, but I'm not that bold

 [G] I don't think the world is sold, [F] I'm just doing what we're told

 

 [Am] I [C] feel something so [G] right, doing the [F] wrong thing

 [Am] I [C] feel something so [G] wrong, doing the [F] right thing

 [F] I could lie, could lie, could lie. Everything that kills me makes me feel alive

 

 Chorus: [Am] Lately, I've been, [C] I've been losing sleep

 [G] Dreaming about the things that [F] we could be

 But [Am] baby, I've been, [C] I've been praying hard

 [G] Said, no more counting dollars, [F] We'll be counting stars

 

 [Am] Lately, I've been, [C] I've been losing sleep

 [G] Dreaming about the things that [F] we could be

 But [Am] baby, I've been, [C] I've been praying hard

 [G] Said, no more counting dollars, [F] We'll be, we’ll be counting stars

 

 2. I feel the [Am] love and I feel it burn, [C] own this river, every turn

 [G] Hope is a four-letter word, [F] make that money, watch it burn

 [Am] Oh, but I'm not that old, [C] young, but I'm not that bold

 [G] I don't think the world is sold, [F] I'm just doing what we're told

 

 [Am] I [C] feel something so [G] wrong, doing the [F] right thing

 I could [F] lie, could lie, could lie. Everything that drowns me makes me wanna fly

 

 Chorus: [Am] Lately, I've been, [C] I've been losing sleep

 [G] Dreaming about the things that [F] we could be

 But [Am] baby, I've been, [C] I've been praying hard

 [G] Said, no more counting dollars [F] We'll be, we’ll be counting stars

 

 [Am] Lately, I've been, [C] I've been losing sleep

 [G] Dreaming about the things that [F] we could be

 But [Am] baby, I've been, [C] I've been praying hard

 [G] Said, no more counting dollars [F] We'll be, we’ll be counting stars

 

 * [Am] Take that money watch it burn sink in the river the lessons are [Am] learned X 4

 [F] Everything that [Dm] kills me makes feel alive

 

 Chorus: [Am] Lately, I've been, [C] I've been losing sleep

 [G] Dreaming about the things that [F] we could be

 But [Am] baby, I've been, [C] I've been praying hard

 [G] Said, no more counting dollars [F] We'll be, we’ll be counting stars

 

 [Am] Lately, I've been, [C] I've been losing sleep

 [G] Dreaming about the things that [F] we could be

 But [Am] baby, I've been, [C] I've been praying hard

 [G] Said, no more counting dollars [F] We'll be, we’ll be counting stars

 

 * [Am] Take that money watch it burn sink in the river the lessons are [Am] learned X 4