History Of Us chords by Indigo Girls

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Verse 1:

Gmaj7                 Cadd9 Gmaj7            Cadd9
I went all the way to Paris   to forget your face
Am7         Bm7            C                F#7
Captured in stained glass, young lives long since passed
Bm         E7     Am          D7
Statues of lovers every place
Gmaj7                 Cadd9    Gmaj7            Cadd9
I went all across the continent to relieve this restless love
Am7                  Bm7    C        F#7
I walked through the ruins, icons of glory
Bm             E7          Am
Smashed by the bombs from above

Chorus:

D7sus4 D7   Gsus G
So we must  love
            F/G                        Cmaj7
while these moments are still called today
                 Cm7                  Bm
Take part in the pain of this passion play
               E7sus       E7   Am7           D7
Stretching our youth as we must, until we are ashes to dust
  Am7            D7         Em9 Em
Until time makes history of us

Verse 2:

Gmaj7                 Cadd9  Gmaj7                   Cadd9
Jeu de paume's full of faces knowing peace, knowing strife
Am7         Bm7              C          F#7
Leisure and toil, still it's canvas and oil
Bm              E7         Am    D7
There's just no medium for life
Gmaj7               Cadd9  Gmaj7                 Cadd9
In the midst of the rubble   I felt a sense of rebirth
     Am7     Bm7         C          F#7
In a dusty cathedral the living god called
      Bm            E7           Am
And I prayed for my life here on earth

Chorus:

D7sus4 D7   Gsus G
So we must  love
            F/G                        Cmaj7
while these moments are still called today
                 Cm7                  Bm
Take part in the pain of this passion play
               E7sus       E7   Am7           D7
Stretching our youth as we must, until we are ashes to dust
  Am7            D7         Em9  Em
Until time makes history of us

Verse 3:

Gmaj7                  Cadd9       Gmaj7                    Cadd9
There are mountains in Switzerland,  brilliant cold as they stand
Am7       Bm7       C            F#7
From my hotel room, watching the half-moon
Bm           E7           Am    D7
Bleeding its light like a lamb
Gmaj7            Cadd9   Gmaj7                         Cadd9
And the town is illumined,  its tiny figures are fast asleep
Am7          Bm7       C        F#7
And it dawns on me the time is upon me
     Bm          E7           Am
To return to the flock I must keep

Chorus:

D7sus4 D7   Gsus G
So we must  love
            F/G                        Cmaj7
while these moments are still called today
                 Cm7                  Bm
Take part in the pain of this passion play
               E7sus       E7   Am7           D7
Stretching our youth as we must, until we are ashes to dust
  Am7            D7         Em9 Em
Until time makes history of us