Empire Builder chords by Laura Gibson

Chords with lyrics

Intro
G+G C majorC x2
G+G E minorEm x2

Verse
G+G
This is not an escape
         C majorC              G+G     E minorEm
But I don't know how to hold somebody without losing my grip
      G+G
You'll say I was bound to leave
        C majorC
Since I first stepped across your borders
     G+G         E minorEm
Since I crawled into your skin

           D MajorD       G+G
Thought I heard you whisper in the dark
             C majorC
That you knew where the light would be
 E minorEm         D MajorD         G+G
Thought I saw your shape against the black
          C majorC
Thought I felt you moving beside me

      D MajorD        G+G           C majorC
We are not alone and we are more alone than we've ever been
         D MajorD
So hurry up and lose me
 G+G          E minorEm
Hurry up and find me, again

G+G E minorEm (x2)

     G+G
So I'll pass the lumber mills
        E minorEm         C majorC
I'll pass the coal mines and the parks
     G+G      E minorEm
And the dried up oil fields
       C majorC        G+G                  E minorEm
I'll pass a thousand lonely pines that bend the backs against the sun
      C majorC        G+G                E minorEm
But I'll mistake the station birds for the sound of my phone ringing

           D MajorD       G+G
Thought I heard you whisper in the dark
             C majorC
That you knew where the light would be
 E minorEm          D MajorD        G+G
Don't wait for me to walk a straight line
       C majorC
You can only hold your breath so long

       D MajorD       G+G           C majorC
We are not alone and we are more alone than we've ever been
         D MajorD
So hurry up and lose me
 G+G          E minorEm
Hurry up and find me, again

G+G E minorEm (x2)

     G+G
But I am no less bound to you
       E minorEm        C majorC
Than when I crossed into your silence
    G+G       E minorEm
When I held your solitude
        G+G
But you never liked it

When I'd play dead
    E minorEm        C majorC        G+G         E minorEm
And you wondered why my love songs are always the grieving kind
    C majorC       G+G               E minorEm
Why I wander off to search for my reflection in the crowd

C majorC         E minorEm
Oh, forget I said love
   G+G             C majorC
And also, don't forget I said love
      D MajorD        G+G           C majorC
We are not alone and we are more alone than we've ever been
         D MajorD
So hurry up and lose me
 G+G          E minorEm
Hurry up and find me again

G+G E minorEm (x4)