G
I promised you I'm never giving up

Never giving up, never giving up
       D
I won't give in
                 G
But now that my body's giving up
                                                                D
My legs are giving out my head is throwing up its hands, it's asking
                     Em
Can we wait for the summer again?
                      G
Can we hold out for summer again?
        Em       D
Can we ever be whole again?


[Bridge]
G                 C  G
It's how we start over (starting over)
Em                 G                 C G
It's how we start, it's how we start over
G                 C G
It's how we start over (starting over)
Em                 G                 C G
It's how we start, it's how we start over


[Verse 1]
Em      D         G           D
My old house, my childhood's tomb
          Em      C                 G         D
It is a failing light, but it will come back soon
Em        D         G       D
A candle burns in your old room
           Em       C              G         D
And before it goes out, I swear I will find you


[Verse 2]
    Em      D    G      D
My little sister I was two
              Em        C                  G     D
The year that you were born, and Ben came after you
   Em          D      G     D
We all three shared gentle youth
             Em        C                  G          D
Our mother combed our hair, our father cleaned our wounds


[Verse 3]
        Em            D         G        D
Then a small thing happened or sunk its tooth
           Em    C                    G         D
And I was left behind, in different shapes you move
         Em        D            G       D
In my peripheral sight I reach out for you
            Em      C               G    D
But when I turn my head I'm in an empty room


[Verse 4]
     Em      D          G      D
A faceless clock, the hands unmoved
            Em      C        G        D
But for a layer of dust, a cobweb or two
       Em      D              G      D
In a broken mirror I see my broken truths
            Em      C                G          D
Now when I comb my hair, I pull the gray ones loose


[Verse 5]
Em       D         G         D
My old house my childhood's tomb
          Em      C                 G         D
It is a failing light, but it will come back soon
          Em      D         G       D
In the backyard, birds, a dogwood blooms
        Em        C            G        D
I will come back home, I will wait for you


[Outro]
                      Em                   G
I will wait for the summer (wait for the summer)
                      C                    G
I will hold out for summer (hold out for summer)
                      Em                   G
I will wait for the summer (wait for the summer)
                       C                   G
I will hold out for summer (hold out for summer)
                          Em
I will wait, there's a promised land
     G           C                 D    G
In every man's heart, there is a summer