When We Fall Apart

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[Verse 1]
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You were 43 when you got the news

Life will be changing, nothing we can do
             G
The clock is ticking now

All I can think about
           D
Is knowing I have to move on without you somehow
    A
And I just can't believe
     G                              D
That you're the one who's keeping it together

As you hold my hand and say


[Chorus]
      G
It's okay to cry, it's okay to fall apart
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You don't have to try, to be strong when you are not
           G
And it may take some time, to make sense of all your thoughts
          D
But don't ever fight your tears 'cause there is freedom in every drop
              A                              G
Sometimes the only way to heal a broken heart
                     D
Is when we fall apart


[Verse 2]
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You ask me to sing, some songs that I wrote

But I can barely speak, can barely play a note
            G
All my tears rush in, falling on my strings
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And make the sound of these progressions have a different ring
        A                            G                                 D
And I hate to say goodbye, knowing this will be the last time we're together

As you close your eyes and say


[Chorus]
       G
It's okay to cry, it's okay to fall apart
         D
You don't have to try, to be strong when you are not
          G
And it may take some time to make sense of all your thoughts
         D
But don't ever fight your tears 'cause there is freedom in every drop
             A                               G
Sometimes the only way to heal a broken heart
                     D
Is when we fall apart


[Bridge]
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And you've got the gift of mercy, don't ever think it's strange
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Not a curse, but it is a blessing to feel other people's pain
           G
And always love without condition and trust with all your heart
       Em                            A
There's healing in the story of your scars


[Verse 3]
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Well, it's been a while, since you've been gone

Sometimes I still catch myself trying to call your phone
        G
All the hopes and dreams, we used to talk about
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They're still alive in me, and I just hope I make you proud
      A                  G                                 D
Now I'm your legacy, and it's your love still holding me together

And I still hear you say


[Chorus]
       G
It's okay to cry, it's okay to fall apart
         D
You don't have to try, to be strong when you are not
          G
And it may take some time to make sense of all your thoughts
         D
But don't ever fight your tears 'cause there is freedom in every drop
             A                               G
Sometimes the only way to heal a broken heart
                    D
Is when we fall apart (Yeah, yeah, it's okay to fall)
                                             G
Sometimes the only way to heal a broken heart
                     D
Is when we fall apart