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Intermediate
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Key: Eb
β« Intro:
Eb Eb/G Db Ab
β« Verse 1:
Eb Eb/G
Waters rise up on the freeway
Db Ab
While little hands are clapping in the snow
Eb Eb/G
And in the tree, there lives a blackbird
Db Ab
Singing songs not meant for anyone below
β« Pre-Chorus:
B Gb Db
Where goes the wave when it hits the shore?
B Gb Fm Bb
What thinks the particle as it's rushing to the core?
β« Chorus:
B Gb
We will keep dancing through tomorrow
B Gb
Like lovers spinning in the air
Gb/F Ebm Bbm
Oh, where? Where?
Ab
Where can we be free
Ab Bb Eb Eb/G
If to be free means learning not to care?
Db Ab
Mm, mm
β« Verse 2:
Eb Eb/G
And all the prisoners in their prisons
Db Ab
Dream beyond the bars they cannot see
Eb Eb/G
Only the feel of being captured
Db Ab
Is keeping them contented in captivity
β« Pre-Chorus:
B Gb Db
Where goes the wave when it hits the shore?
B Gb Fm Bb
What thinks the particle as it's rushing to the core?
β« Chorus:
B Gb
We will keep dancing through tomorrow
B Gb
Like lovers spinning in the air
Gb/F Ebm Bbm
Oh, where? Where?
Ab
Where can we be free
Ab Bb Eb Eb/G
If to be free means learning not to care?
Gb Ab
Ooh, ooh
Eb Eb/G Gb Ab
Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
β« Verse 3:
Eb Eb/G
Who will we be when we are older
Db Ab
And the earth is spinning faster on its side?
Eb Eb/G
Will you still read the constellations
Db Ab
And hope that all you know is somehow trapped in time?
β« Pre-Chorus:
B Gb Db
Where goes the wave when it hits the shore?
B Gb Fm Bb
What thinks the particle as it's rushing to the core?
β« Chorus:
B Gb
We will keep dancing through tomorrow
B Gb
Like lovers spinning in the air
Gb/F Ebm Bbm
Oh, where? Where?
Ab
Where can we be free
Ab Bb Eb Eb/G
If to be free means learning not to care?
Gb Ab
Ooh, ooh
Eb Eb/G Gb Ab
Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
Eb Eb/G Gb Ab
Mm, mm-mm-mm
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Published: March 31, 2024
Last Updated: January 7, 2026