Option chords by †††

(Tabbed on piano, should be standard tuning.
No capo.
Not sure about the B/F# and F# mix up. Both sounds ok when played along.)

Intro: E E/C# Abm Abm/F# x2

(Verse 1)
    E              E/C#     C#
I dream a day that god will surface
     Abm                   Abm/F#    B/F#
To retrieve his nails and open your heart.
       E               E/C#    C#
You'll say you're mine for the ages
    Abm    Abm/F#  B/F#
Just open your     heart

(Chorus)
     E
and say
     C#m          Abm
"I swear on the cross"
            B/F#
Can you promise this
        E
to the grave
       C#m      Abm
you'll take my name
         B/F#
can you promise me?

E

(Verse 2)
E            E/C# C#
Overseas and over mountains
   Abm                Abm/F# B/F#
A thousand years I've waited for her
   E       E/C#        C#
To say the lines "from this day forward"
     Abm   F#
Just open your heart

(Chorus)
     E
and say
     C#m          Abm
"I swear on the cross"
            F#
Can you promise this
        E
to the grave
       C#m      Abm
you'll take my name
         F#
can you promise me?

E

(Bridge)
E C#m Abm B/F#

E                  C#m             Abm          F#
All this time I've prayed for this day to come true,
E                C#m               Abm      F#
No one knows how deep the waves we waded through.
E              C#m                Abm       F#
I wish I could take your hand and make it true.
E                 C#m         Abm           F#
No one knows how far apart we stayed to get through.

E              C#m                Abm       F#
I wish I could take your hand and make it true.
E                C#m          Abm           F#
No one knows how far apart we stay to get through.

(Chorus)
        E
Can you say
     C#m          Abm
"I swear on the cross"
            F#
Can you promise this
        E
to the grave
       C#m      Abm
you'll take my name
         F#
can you promise me?

E