| C | |
| 20 million diamonds |
| Em | |
| Crown the sky tonight |
| C | |
| Silence for two lovers' |
| Em | |
| everything C |
| They tell me whispering's a virtue |
| Em | |
| And holding hands' their game |
| C | Em | |
| 'T | is cold, it's cold |
| Coda: |
| F | |
| And as I watch the candle |
| Em | |
| (burn/turn) this night |
| D-G | |
| (away/today) |
| F | Em | |
| My | life collects another |
| Eb-G | |
| yesterday |
| Refrain: |
| C | Em7 | |
| Al | one in the darkness |
| Am | G | G# | Bb | C | |
| I a | m | wai | tin | g for the one |
| C | F | |
| Wh | ile the lovers wait for the sun |
| Am-G | G# | Bb | |
| Lay I | /Wa | iting for the |
| C-Bm-Am-Em-F-G (2x) |
| one |
| Verse II |
| C | |
| Stalk the streets do lovers |
| Em | |
| in this town tonight |
| C | |
| 20 million heartbeats |
| Em | |
| holding hands C |
| For them, it's darkness |
| Am | |
| that's most precious |
| Em | F | G | |
| But | t | ell me who can I embrace |
| C-Bm-Am | |
| The cold? There's no one |
| Em-F-G hold |
| here to hold |
| Dm | Em | |
| Who | 'll light the darkness |
| Em-F-G hold |
| with her name |
| Heal this blackout |
| C-Bm-Am | |
| pain |
--Em-F-Em-Dm-G-F-
| Em-Eb-G- | |
| (repeat refrain |
| except last 4 words of 1st line) |
| Waiting fo the one (..till fade |