Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Key: A augmentedA
Difficulty: Novice
Verse 1:
D MajorD D7D7 G+G D MajorD
Hear the chimes, did you know that the wind when it blows
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
It is older than Rome and all of this sorrow
D MajorD D7D7 G+G D MajorD
See the new pyramids down in old Manhattan
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
From the roof of a friend's I watched an empire ending
B minorBm D MajorD
Heard it loud and long the river's Om
G+G A augmentedA
Time marching on to a madman's drum
Instrumental Break 1:
D MajorD D7D7 G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
Verse 2:
D MajorD D7D7 G+G D MajorD
Don't forget what you've learned all you give is returned
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
And if life seems absurd what you need is some laughter
D MajorD D7D7 G+G D MajorD
And a season to sleep and a place to get clean
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
Maybe Los Angeles, somewhere no one's expecting
Chorus 1:
G+G
On a detox walk through a Glendale Park over sidewalk chalk
D MajorD
Someone wrote in red, "start over"
G+G
So I muffled my scream on an Oxnard beach
F# minorF#m B minorBm A augmentedA
Full of fever dreams that scare you sober
A augmentedA
Into saltless dinners
Instrumental Break 2:
D MajorD D7D7 G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
Verse 3:
D MajorD D7D7 G+G D MajorD
Take the fruit from the tree, break the skin with your teeth
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
Is it bitter or sweet? All depends on your timing
D MajorD D7D7 G+G D MajorD
Like a meeting of chance with the train station glance
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
Many lifetimes had past in a instant reminded
Chorus 2:
G+G
Of a millstone house in a seaside town
D MajorD
When your heart gave out in a mission bed
G+G
So your wife gave birth to a funeral dirge
F# minorF#m B minorBm A augmentedA
As you woke up purged as a wailing infant
A augmentedA
In Krug Thep, Thailand
Instrumental Break 3:
D MajorD D7D7 G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
D MajorD D7D7 G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
B minorBm D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
Outro:
D MajorD D7D7 G+G D MajorD
Hear the chimes, did you know that the wind when it blows
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
It is older than Rome and our joy and our sorrow
D MajorD D7D7 G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD A augmentedA