Two Thousand Years chords by Billy Joel

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: F

Difficulty: Advanced

Intro:
F/A     Bb     Dm     C
F/A     Bb     Dm     C
F/A     Bb     Dm     C
F/A     Bb     Dm  C  F

Verse 1:
Dm  C/E   F
In  the beginning
Dm    C/E  F   F/A  Bb  Dm  Csus
There was  the cold and the night
C            Gm      Gm/F
Prophets and angels
            Bb/D  C/E     F
Gave us the fire  and the light
           Eb6     Eb
Man was triumphant
Cm6/Eb         D7b9  D7/F#   Gm    G#dim7
Armed with the faith and the will
              F/A    F+5/A  Bb   Bb/D       Csus2  C  Csus2
That even the dark - est    ages   couldn't kill
Dm  C/E  F
Too many kingdoms
Dm  C/E  F  F/A   Bb  Dm  Csus
Too ma - ny flags on  the field
C       Gm       Gm/F
So many battles
        Bb/D   C/E   F
So many wounds to be healed
        Eb6         Eb
Time is relentless
Cm6/Eb    D7b9  D7/F#   Gm     G#dim7
Only true love  perse - veres
            F/A  F+/A     Dm  F7       Bb
It's been a long time and now I'm with you
      Csus         F/A
After two thousand years

Interlude:
F/A     Bb     Dm     C
F/A     Bb     Dm     C
F/A     Bb     Dm     C
F/A     Bb     Dm  C  F

Verse 2:
Dm   C/E    F
This is our moment
Dm   C/E F   F/A  Bb    Dm  Csus
Here at  the crossroads of  time
C           Gm      Gm/F
We hope our children
          Bb/D   C/E      F
Carry our dreams down the line
             Eb6     Eb
They are the vintage
Cm6/Eb       D7b9  D7/F#     Gm    G#dim7
What kind of life  will they live?
          F/A   F+5/A  Bb     Bb/D      Csus2  C  Csus2
Is this a curse or a   blessing that we give?
Dm  C/E     F
Sometimes I wonder
Dm  C/E F  F/A  Bb    Dm  Csus
Why are we so   blind to  fate?
C          Gm      Gm/F
Without compassion
             Bb/D  C/E    F
There can be no    end to hate
          Eb6     Eb
No end to sorrow
Cm6/Eb        D7b9  D7/F#   Gm    G#dim7
Caused by the same  endless fears
             F/A   F+/A  Dm  F7         Bb
Why can't we learn from  all we've been through
      Csus         F/A
After two thousand years?

Interlude:
F/A     Bb     Dm     C
F/A     Bb     Dm     C
F/A     Bb     Dm     C
F/A     Bb     Dm  C  F

Verse 3:
Dm    C/E     F
There will be miracles
Dm   C/E F   F/A  Bb  Dm  Csus
Af - ter the last war is  won
C           Gm      Gm/F
Science and poetry
           Bb/D  C/E      F
Ruling the new   world to come
             Eb6     Eb
Prophets and angels
Cm6/Eb      D7b9  D7/F#  Gm    G#dim7
Gave us the pow - er to  see
         F/A   F+5/A  Bb     Bb/D         Csus2  C  Csus2
What an ama -- zing   future   there will be
Dm  C/E    F
And in the evening
Dm   C/E F   F/A  Bb  Dm  Csus
Af - ter the fire and the light
C            Gm      Gm/F
One thing is certain
            Bb/D  C/E      F
Nothing can hold  back the night
          Eb6     Eb
Time is relentless
Cm6/Eb     D7b9  D7/F#  Gm    G#dim7
And as the past  dis - appears
             F/A   F+/A  Dm  F7     Bb
We're on the verge of    all things new
       Csus         F/A
We are two thousand years

Outro:
F/A     Bb     Dm     C
F/A     Bb     Dm     C
F/A     Bb     Dm     C
F/A     Bb     Dm  C  F