Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (
E MajorE 
A augmentedA 
D MajorD 
G+G 
BB E MajorE)
Key: 
C majorC
Difficulty: Novice
Intro:
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FF |% |% |% |
|G+G |% |
A minorAm |
C/BC/B|
Verse 1:
C majorC
When we were young we knew everything strength from our innocence
Taught us to paint with our words
A minorAm G+G
As we grow tired and jaded the colors are faded
FF
Fire will no longer burn
C majorC
All of the anger and hunger that shapes our desires
Hanging to hope by a string
A minorAm G+G
Never had thoughts of the future knew we'd never get there
FF
We are the kings of our dreams
Pre-Chorus:
A minorAm G+G
All the best laid plans
FF
Slipped through my hands
Chorus:
C majorC
You know we can run 'til the day that we're dead
E minorEm FF
Or stay here and fight and pretend we're not scared
A minorAm G+G FF
Can we make it back to the heroes we were?
C majorC
'Cause we can scream 'til the world has gone deaf
E minorEm FF
Fall on our knees if that's all we've got left
A minorAm G+G FF
Can we make it back to the heroes we were?
Post-Chorus:
C majorC C majorC
Can we save this
A minorAm A minorAm G+G FF
And bring us back to the heroes we were?
FF
Can we save this
G+G A minorAm C/BC/B C majorC
And bring us back to the heroes we were?
Verse 2:
C majorC
Empires have fallen and joy can be stolen
When things are much worse than you think (Worse than you think)
A minorAm G+G
The streets are left broken, a memory holding
FF
Onto the songs that we sing
C majorC
We started with something but ended with nothing
Losing but praying to win (Praying to win)
A minorAm G+G
Let go as we're falling I can't hear them calling
FF
Give in to all of our sins
Pre-Chorus:
A minorAm G+G
All the best laid plans
FF
Slipped through my hands
Chorus:
C majorC
You know we can run 'til the day that we're dead
E minorEm FF
Or stay here and fight and pretend we're not scared
A minorAm G+G FF
Can we make it back to the heroes we were?
C majorC
'Cause we can scream 'til the world has gone deaf
E minorEm FF
Fall on our knees if that's all we've got left
A minorAm G+G FF
Can we make it back to the heroes we were?
Post-Chorus:
C majorC C majorC
Can we save this
A minorAm A minorAm G+G FF
And bring us back to the heroes we were?
FF
Can we save this
G+G A minorAm C/BC/B FF
And bring us back to the heroes we were?
Bridge:
When the future's ending
G+G
They will bleed you empty
A minorAm C/BC/B
Don't let me down, don't let me down
C majorC
Don't let me down
FF
Yeah, we can make it back there
G+G
The home we had is nowhere
A minorAm C/BC/B
Turn it around, turn it around
C majorC FF
Turn it around
Verse 3:
C majorC
No one can find us when time has escaped us
How did we fall through the cracks?
A minorAm G+G
It's empty out here where the world disappears
FF
One day we'll find our way back
Chorus:
C majorC
You know we can run 'til the day that we're dead
E minorEm FF
Or stay here and fight and pretend we're not scared
A minorAm G+G FF
Can we make it back to the heroes we were?
C majorC
'Cause we can scream 'til the world has gone deaf
E minorEm FF
Fall on our knees if that's all we've got left
A minorAm G+G FF
Can we make it back to the heroes we were?
Post-Chorus:
C majorC C majorC
Can we save this
A minorAm A minorAm G+G FF
And bring us back to the heroes we were?
FF
Can we save this
G+G A minorAm C/BC/B
And bring us back to the heroes
A minorAm C/BC/B C majorC
Back to the heroes we were?
