The Universe Expanded

Intro: repeat Bb Dm

Bb                      Dm
I’ll give you each love letter back
Bb                      Dm
We’ll laugh before every joke is told
Bb                      Dm
We’ll pose after every photograph
Bb                      Dm
Has been removed from the negative

Bb Dm x2

Bb                      Dm
With every smile we lose a line
Bb                      Dm
Watch the stars fall back into the sky
Bb
Cork the wine
Dm
Unbake a cake
Bb                      Dm
Take the dog back to the RSPCA


Gm    F               Dm    C
      But I don’t mind
Cm         Dbm
losing you this time


     Cm               F
I’ll meet you coming backwards
     Cm               F
I’ll meet you coming back
         Gm            Dm
When the universe has expanded
Gm               Dm
    Time will contract
         Cm       F
You’ll come back

     Cm              F
I’ll meet you coming backwards
Bb            Dm
Next time

Bb Dm


Bb                  Dm
We make-up start an argument
Bb                  Dm
Tears crawl back into your…
Bb
I turn from a friend
Dm
Of your friend
Bb
Unintroduced
            Dm          Gm
Forget your name forevermore


F            Dm    C
But I don’t mind
Cm          Dbm
losing you this time


     Cm               F
I’ll meet you coming backwards
     Cm               F
I’ll meet you coming back
         Gm            Dm
When the universe has expanded
Gm         Dm        Bb
Time       will contract
  Cm        Gm
You’ll come back
      Cm              F
I’ll meet you coming backwards…
         Cm              F
Yes I’ll meet you coming back
            Bb      Dm
But we move forwards
     Fm       Em
Into emptiness

         Fm     Em
Into the void
         Fm
Into the universe

Cm

Ab                    Cm
  We’ll part as happy strangers
Ab
  From a long friendship
     Cm
That grew from
       Ab    Cm   Ab
Such a love
     Cm     Ab    Cm    Ab
From such a love

• Ab
• Bb
• C
• Cm
• Dbm

  4
• Dm
• Em
• F
• Fm
• Gm