I Miss Seeing Your Face II (Chords)

These are the official lyrics and chords for the song “I Miss Seeing Your Face (Part 2)”. It’s track #6 from the album “Until It’s Over”.

This song is rather long. And, again, quite angry all the way through. And the later verses (with shifted melody) are tough to sing on the high notes. Conclusion? Try this song at your own risk.

(The chords are quite easy though and the strumming really consistent. So that’s nice.)

Remark: the first four phrases of the verses, you can alternate that C chord with pretty much anything. Dm. Dm/C. F. D. Try whatever you like.

Intro

C (aggressive downward strumming)

Verse 1

C
Innocent boy
Where have you gone
What have you seen
And now become

Am
Wide eyes turned shut
Had promise but was never

G
Found, burnt-up and

F       Em
Bound, don’t understand

      G
Why nothing’s changed

  Dm   F G
Occupied by the blame

Verse 2

C
 Innocent boy

G
 Where are you now

C
 Never happy

G  Cannot see how

You could feel like it will all
Work out, we’ll crawl, if we can’t
Walk, it’s just stupid
Talk, don’t understand
Why anyone would
Take a risk on the world

Chorus 1

F     G    Em
 Innocent boy, can’t recognize

      Am
Your forced disguise, your lies

F      G     E
 What is this face, staring at me

Verse 3

C
 Innocent boy

Bb
 Thrust into this

C
 Why’d you comply

Bb
 You wouldn’t miss

The long years wasted on tears
The fear to hear your lower gears
Are just not enough
Don’t understand
How to keep up
When there’s no room to stop

Chorus 2

Innocent boy
When did you die
It’s been a while
So smile

It will be fine
When you finally die

Verse 4 (transitioned to minor key)

Cm
 Innocent boy

Bb
 Now a grown man

G#
 Surrounded by hope

Gm
 Imprisoned by plans

Fm
 The guiding hand you wistfully spent

G7
 Will break and bend

Bridge

Cm    Bb
Late, late October

 Eb    G#
I broke you the news

 Cm   Bb
The battery’s empty

  Eb    G7
Goodbye to your views

Cm    Bb
Late, late December

  Eb  G#
The story confirmed

 Cm    Bb
The old king is dead now

Eb    D7
Long live the king

    B7
He won’t win

    A7    F#7
Who will win, who will win

Verse 5 (changed key)

Bm
 Innocent boy

A
 Burdened by rage

G
 Trapped in a cage

F#m
 Built from spines way too small

Em
 For tasks so tall we must answer the call

F#7
 more and more (and more and more)

I’ll stay on the floor

Intermezzo

Same pattern as part 1 verse, but now shortened, and slowly building towards chorus

Bm A Bm
Bm A G6

Chorus 3 (same as part 1)

 Bm
In meaningful mirrors,

   D
in the shops, in the lakes

 G
I miss seeing your face

A
Unphased

Bm
 Where’s the adventurer

  D
With smile ‘round the eyes

 G       A
I miss feeling alive

    Em           F#7  B7
And now I don’t __ feel like waking up anymore

Outro

C
Slowly play the first few phrases of the main melody.