Two Thousand Years chords by Billy Joel

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: FF

Difficulty: Advanced

Intro:
F/AF/A   Bb majorBb   DmDm   C majorC
F/AF/A   Bb majorBb   DmDm   C majorC
F/AF/A   Bb majorBb   DmDm   C majorC
F/AF/A   Bb majorBb   DmDm C majorC FF

Verse 1:
DmDm C/EC/E  FF
In the beginning
DmDm  C/EC/E FF  F/AF/A Bb majorBb DmDm CsusCsus
There was the cold and the night
C majorC      G minorGm   Gm/F
Prophets and angels
      Bb/DBb/D C/EC/E   FF
Gave us the fire and the light
      Eb6Eb6   Eb MajorEb
Man was triumphant
Cm6/Eb     D7b9D7b9 D7/F#D7/F#  G minorGm  G#dim7G#dim7
Armed with the faith and the will
       F/AF/A  FF+5/A Bb majorBb  Bb/DBb/D    Csus2Csus2 C majorC Csus2Csus2
That even the dark - est  ages  couldn't kill
DmDm C/EC/E FF
Too many kingdoms
DmDm C/EC/E FF F/AF/A  Bb majorBb DmDm CsusCsus
Too ma - ny flags on the field
C majorC    G minorGm    Gm/F
So many battles
    Bb/DBb/D  C/EC/E  FF
So many wounds to be healed
    Eb6Eb6     Eb MajorEb
Time is relentless
Cm6/Eb  D7b9D7b9 D7/F#D7/F#  G minorGm   G#dim7G#dim7
Only true love perse - veres
      F/AF/A FF+/A   DmDm F7F7    Bb majorBb
It's been a long time and now I'm with you
   CsusCsus     F/AF/A
After two thousand years

Interlude:
F/AF/A   Bb majorBb   DmDm   C majorC
F/AF/A   Bb majorBb   DmDm   C majorC
F/AF/A   Bb majorBb   DmDm   C majorC
F/AF/A   Bb majorBb   DmDm C majorC FF

Verse 2:
DmDm  C/EC/E  FF
This is our moment
DmDm  C/EC/E FF  F/AF/A Bb majorBb  DmDm CsusCsus
Here at the crossroads of time
C majorC      G minorGm   Gm/F
We hope our children
     Bb/DBb/D  C/EC/E   FF
Carry our dreams down the line
       Eb6Eb6   Eb MajorEb
They are the vintage
Cm6/Eb    D7b9D7b9 D7/F#D7/F#   G minorGm  G#dim7G#dim7
What kind of life will they live?
     F/AF/A  FF+5/A Bb majorBb   Bb/DBb/D   Csus2Csus2 C majorC Csus2Csus2
Is this a curse or a  blessing that we give?
DmDm C/EC/E   FF
Sometimes I wonder
DmDm C/EC/E FF F/AF/A Bb majorBb  DmDm CsusCsus
Why are we so  blind to fate?
C majorC     G minorGm   Gm/F
Without compassion
       Bb/DBb/D C/EC/E  FF
There can be no  end to hate
     Eb6Eb6   Eb MajorEb
No end to sorrow
Cm6/Eb    D7b9D7b9 D7/F#D7/F#  G minorGm  G#dim7G#dim7
Caused by the same endless fears
       F/AF/A  FF+/A DmDm F7F7     Bb majorBb
Why can't we learn from all we've been through
   CsusCsus     F/AF/A
After two thousand years?

Interlude:
F/AF/A   Bb majorBb   DmDm   C majorC
F/AF/A   Bb majorBb   DmDm   C majorC
F/AF/A   Bb majorBb   DmDm   C majorC
F/AF/A   Bb majorBb   DmDm C majorC FF

Verse 3:
DmDm  C/EC/E   FF
There will be miracles
DmDm  C/EC/E FF  F/AF/A Bb majorBb DmDm CsusCsus
Af - ter the last war is won
C majorC      G minorGm   Gm/F
Science and poetry
      Bb/DBb/D C/EC/E   FF
Ruling the new  world to come
       Eb6Eb6   Eb MajorEb
Prophets and angels
Cm6/Eb   D7b9D7b9 D7/F#D7/F# G minorGm  G#dim7G#dim7
Gave us the pow - er to see
     F/AF/A  FF+5/A Bb majorBb   Bb/DBb/D     Csus2Csus2 C majorC Csus2Csus2
What an ama -- zing  future  there will be
DmDm C/EC/E  FF
And in the evening
DmDm  C/EC/E FF  F/AF/A Bb majorBb DmDm CsusCsus
Af - ter the fire and the light
C majorC      G minorGm   Gm/F
One thing is certain
      Bb/DBb/D C/EC/E   FF
Nothing can hold back the night
     Eb6Eb6   Eb MajorEb
Time is relentless
Cm6/Eb   D7b9D7b9 D7/F#D7/F# G minorGm  G#dim7G#dim7
And as the past dis - appears
       F/AF/A  FF+/A DmDm F7F7   Bb majorBb
We're on the verge of  all things new
    CsusCsus     F/AF/A
We are two thousand years

Outro:
F/AF/A   Bb majorBb   DmDm   C majorC
F/AF/A   Bb majorBb   DmDm   C majorC
F/AF/A   Bb majorBb   DmDm   C majorC
F/AF/A   Bb majorBb   DmDm C majorC FF