Chords with lyrics
This is designed to give a flavour of the songs as played on a guitar only.
Time signature where tricksy is noted
note E MajorE chord is best played as a progression of D MajorD on the 4th fret as:
e 0
BB 5
G+G 4
D MajorD x
A augmentedA x
E MajorE x
Intro: 4 bars of A augmentedA
A augmentedA C majorC
Long before the living past had ripped it all apart
A augmentedA Fmaj7Fmaj7
Something still remained until It flashed back to the start
A augmentedA C majorC
Where it stands, nobody saw behind the blackest eyes
A augmentedA Fmaj7Fmaj7 E minor 7Em7
Show them how you're stronger now it pays to advertise wisely
D MajorD E MajorE) C# minorC#m Dmaj7Dmaj7 D MajorD E MajorE C# minorC#m Dmaj7Dmaj7
Day after day with you in my head I said some things I shouldn't have said
D MajorD E MajorE C# minorC#m Dmaj7Dmaj7 D MajorD E MajorE C# minorC#m Dmaj7Dmaj7
For reasons unknown that I now forget I gave you no love, which I now regret
AsusAsus --------- AsusAsus (let ring)
A augmentedA C majorC
What I'd give to hear again those everlasting songs
A augmentedA Fmaj7Fmaj7
Why did all the accidents contrive to fall at once?
D MajorD E MajorE C# minorC#m Dmaj7Dmaj7 D MajorD E MajorE C# minorC#m Dmaj7Dmaj7
Only day after day with you in my thoughts I never knew time was so short
D MajorD E MajorE C# minorC#m Dmaj7Dmaj7 D MajorD E MajorE C# minorC#m Dmaj7Dmaj7
For once in my life I wasn't alone with blood on my hands how could I have known?
A minorAm -------------- DmDm
A minorAm DmDm
Used to be the great white hope once I walked on water
A minorAm DmDm
Now I barely stay afloat balance out of order
AbAb G minorGm F minorFm Bb majorBb
With every sympathy worn away who can I return to now?
A minorAm DmDm
For the time that I have left I scan that cold horizon
A minorAm DmDm
Searching for a kindred soul, someone to rely upon
AbAb G minorGm F minorFm Bb majorBb
We disconnected and Heaven sent sheltered in dead air, hidden everywhere
D MajorD A augmentedA G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
The sky lights up above America
D MajorD A augmentedA G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
The world is lost but loves America
B minorBm G+G B minorBm A augmentedA
When the eyes of children see the ones left standing
B minorBm A augmentedA G+G A augmentedA
And the rest begin to finally understand
D MajorD A augmentedA G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
The hand of God defends America
D MajorD A augmentedA G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
And who would not defend America?
B minorBm B minorBm A augmentedA
We've got light on our side we're in pole position
B minorBm A augmentedA G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
So praise the Lord and raise the ammunition high
D MajorD ---- C majorC ---- Bb majorBb --- A augmentedA
C majorC G+G D MajorD
Raise it high
D MajorD ---- C majorC ---- Bb majorBb --- A augmentedA ---- Eb MajorEb ---- E MajorE
Hide where you can
We will shoot you where you stand
(Section in 7/4 time)
E MajorE
I've walked a million miles upon an open road
B minorBm
And once in every while without the will to carry on
A augmentedA B minorBm C majorC
Hours held me too long in one location
E MajorE
An old familiar tale, a glory to behold
B minorBm
A augmentedA work of genius, the greatest story ever sold
A augmentedA B minorBm C majorC A augmentedA
As you sign on the line, as you do what you're told
A augmentedA G+G A augmentedA A-A B-B C-C B-B A-A (played as A augmentedA progression)
All you sell is your soul
E MajorE
I've been this way before I've seen it many times
B minorBm
Collision on the track the fiction turning into fact
A augmentedA B minorBm C majorC A augmentedA
No-one dares to look back, best you start to prepare
A augmentedA G+G A augmentedA G+G A augmentedA C# minorC#m
For the harvest ahead, all you lose is yourself
C# minorC#m -- BB -- A augmentedA -- G# minorG#m
C# minorC#m BB A augmentedA G# minorG#m
I'm brought to life with a series of shocks
C# minorC#m F# minorF#m A augmentedA G# minorG#m
I realise that you are gone from my life
C# minorC#m BB A augmentedA G# minorG#m
And still I cling to the fear of the dark
C# minorC#m F# minorF#m A augmentedA G# minorG#m
Don't follow them for they don't care how you are
A augmentedA BB G# minorG#m A augmentedA
And I'm finding a way of being
A augmentedA BB G# minorG#m C# minorC#m
Accepting life all alone
A augmentedA BB G# minorG#m A augmentedA
And I'm hoping I'll wake up seeing
A augmentedA BB G# minorG#m C# minorC#m
A augmentedA way to live on my own
C# minorC#m BB A augmentedA G# minorG#m
It wasn't hard to believe in the lie
C# minorC#m F# minorF#m A augmentedA G# minorG#m
Although I've come to know it wasn't my fault
C# minorC#m BB A augmentedA G# minorG#m
Why does the world continue to spin
C# minorC#m F# minorF#m A augmentedA G# minorG#m
While everything around me grinds to a halt?
A augmentedA BB G# minorG#m A augmentedA
And I'm finding a way of being
A augmentedA BB G# minorG#m C# minorC#m
Accepting life all alone
A augmentedA BB G# minorG#m A augmentedA
And I'm hoping I'll wake up seeing
A augmentedA BB G# minorG#m C# minorC#m
A augmentedA way to live on my own
C# minorC#m -- BB -- A augmentedA -- G# minorG#m
2
C# minorC#m -- BB -- A augmentedA ?" F#F#
(Instrumental in alternating bars of 5/8 and 6/8 then 5/4 time)
C# minorC#m Eb MajorEb C# minorC#m Eb MajorEb
BB C# minorC#m BB C# minorC#m (x2)
A augmentedA F#F# Eb MajorEb
C# minorC#m Eb MajorEb C# minorC#m Eb MajorEb
BB C# minorC#m BB C# minorC#m
A augmentedA F#F# Eb MajorEb C# minorC#m
(Into crescendo)
F#F# E-E B-B (x3)
F#F# C# minorC#m F#F# BB C# minorC#m F#F# F#F# F#F#
Mine is a real fine line I get harder the higher I climb
F#F# C# minorC#m F#F# BB C# minorC#m F#F#
Shine like a star so bright anybody can see anytime
F#F# G# minorG#m F#F# BB
No-one will want to follow, this will be gone tomorrow
F#F# E MajorE F#F#
We enter an age of permanent doubt
BB F#F#
Where we communicate without words
E MajorE BB F#F# E MajorE BB F#F# E MajorE F#F#
But I must be heard so I cut through the smoke and the noise
F#F# C# minorC#m F#F# BB C# minorC#m FF
Mine is a real fine line it imagines it's one of a kind
F#F# G# minorG#m F#F# BB
Goodbye to all expression farewell to superstition
F#F# E MajorE F#F#
We enter an age of permanent doubt
BB F#F#
Where we communicate without words
C# minorC#m F#F# BB E MajorE F#F# E MajorE F#F#
And the noise expands as it covers the lie of the land
F#F# E MajorE BB F#F# E MajorE BB E MajorE
Shine like a star so bright ?till we shut out the light, put out the fire
F#F# E MajorE F#F# G+G F#F#
Cut through the smoke and the noise
F#F# G+G F#F#
Lately I've been talking to myself
E MajorE F#F# G+G F#F# G+G
Been remembering and doing little else
F#F# G+G F#F#
The road ahead is anything but clear
E MajorE F#F# G+G F#F# G+G
Last time around, where did we go from here?
G+G F#F# G+G A augmentedA Bb majorBb E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE
A(x8 steady march)
A augmentedA x 4 D MajorD Bb majorBb G+G A augmentedA
A majorA x 4 Bb majorBb C majorC G+G A augmentedA
E MajorE x4 D MajorD x2 Ex4
Ex4 D MajorD E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE D MajorD A augmentedA
A augmentedA DmDm Bb majorBb C majorC G+G
What about some golden hours? I was alive, certainly you were wrong
A augmentedA DmDm Bb majorBb C majorC G+G
Anyone can be persuaded given the time, we all scream alone
A augmentedA DmDm Bb majorBb C majorC G+G
What about this good for nothing season again? Everything's come and gone
A augmentedA DmDm Bb majorBb C majorC G+G
And I can't believe that I'm not watching you I'm in a sorry state
E MajorE DmDm
Return to ordinary thoughts now If you can
E MajorE DmDm E MajorE C majorC A augmentedA
The words I hardly understand gather round me while I wait
3
A augmentedA DmDm Bb majorBb C majorC G+G
What about those colder cowards arming against lost intelligence?
A augmentedA DmDm Bb majorBb C majorC G+G
Anyone who saw me crawling there would have known that I was normal once
E MajorE DmDm E MajorE DmDm
Return to ordinary thoughts too young to take the stand
E MajorE DmDm
But old enough to kill anyone
HA!
(6/4 Time)
Am-Am-Am-Am-Am-Am
A minorAm FF
In the days when love divided up the looks
F#F# G+G
No drastic means were used like rod and hooks
E minorEm FF
To enhance what nature's sculptor had designed
D MajorD Eb MajorEb
No augmentation needed to refine
A minorAm FF
In the valley of the dollar, we rejoice
F#F# G+G
For plastic is the currency of choice
E minorEm FF
And beauty born is strictly for the birds
D MajorD Eb MajorEb
Your cash is fine but credit is preferred
Am-Am-Am-Am-Am-Am
Repeat chords above
A minorAm DmDm
When I held myself aloft I walked across the water
A minorAm A minorAm
Now I barely cut across, lives are getting shorter
G#G# G minorGm FF Bb majorBb
And they open up another door to a border far below
A minorAm DmDm
For the time that I'm allowed, there's a new horizon
A minorAm DmDm
But a soul as cold as ice is nothing to rely upon
G#G# G minorGm FF Bb majorBb FF Bb majorBb
If I'm hanging onto angels' wings then I'm safer in the air
CdimCdim BbdimBbdim
Do I still qualify, suspended from on high?
Bb5Bb5 D MajorD
No other sanctuary have I
D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD A augmentedA G+G D MajorD G+G
D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD A augmentedA G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
B minorBm G+G B minorBm A augmentedA
And when the eyes of children see past the ones left standing
B minorBm G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD
And the time has surely come to understand who we are
D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD A augmentedA G+G D MajorD G+G
D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD A augmentedA G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
B minorBm G+G B minorBm A augmentedA
Slowly the fires are burning bearing their silent witness
B minorBm G+G D MajorD G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
And the living past returns to reap the Harvest of Souls
D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD A augmentedA G+G D MajorD G+G (to fade)