Em                                                   Bm
Thinking back to when we used to share a drink on late night walks.
                C                                                  D
When you'd pretend your winter breath was cigarette smoke in your lungs.
               Em                                                      Bm
I'd fight the urge to give you all the worst advice about the ones you liked.

(You called it chemistry, I called it earning bragging rights)
         C                                                  D
Knowing damn well if I told you how I felt, I'd crack the ice.
D
Roll the dice.

[Chorus]
                G              Am              Em
You're just a second away from being in love or alone. (What you don't know)
                G                   Em                  C
Is that each second you waste is a breath you don't take. (It's a moment you wasted)
                G              Am                Em
You're just a second away from building a life or a home. (What you don't know)
                G                   Em                  C
Is that each second you waste is a breath you don't take. (It's a moment you wasted)

[Instrumental]
Em Bm C D

[Verse 2]
                   Em                                                          Bm
I've been thinking back to that night on your front step when I held you as you wept
                                                    C
We sat awhile in silence but I was screaming in my head
                              D
How to tell you or if I even could when that moment came.
   Em                                           Bm
So I always try to live vicariously through my friends

(You call it chemistry, I call it perfect timing)
         C                                              D
Watching all them fall in love, and wondering if I will again

[Chorus]
                G              Am              Em
You're just a second away from being in love or alone. (What you don't know)
                G                   Em                  C
Is that each second you waste is a breath you don't take. (It's a moment you wasted)
                G              Am                Em
You're just a second away from building a life or a home. (What you don't know)
                G                   Em                  C
Is that each second you waste is a breath you don't take. (It's a moment you wasted)

[Instrumental]
Em Bm C D Em Bm C D

[Chorus]
                G              Am              Em
You're just a second away from being in love or alone.
            G                   Em                  C
And every second you waste is a breath you don't take. (It's a moment you wasted)
                G              Am                Em
You're just a second away from building a life or a home.
            G                   Em                  C
And every second you waste is a breath you don't take. (It's a moment you wasted)

[Outro]
                G              Am              Em
You're just a second away from being in love or alone.
            G                   Em                       C
And every second you waste is a breath that you don't take.