Chords with lyrics
The album version (Borderland) has this song in B.
Alternate E minorEm fingering between standard and mid-neck as appropriate.
Capo 4, Played in G.
[Verse 1]
G+G
The nights we spoke with tongues of fire
C majorC
The days we walked out on the wire
E minorEm D MajorD C majorC
We were young and we were not afraid
G+G
The angels whispered in our ears
C majorC
To tell us what the hilltop hears
E minorEm D MajorD C majorC
Beholden to the promises we made
E minorEm D MajorD
When we were young and we were not afraid
[Interlude]
G+G C/GC/G E minorEm D MajorD C majorC
[Verse 2]
G+G
River waters moved inside
C majorC
Our bodies like the ocean tide
E minorEm D MajorD C majorC
The spirit swam the hallows of our veins
G+G
The years they roared like waves down on
C majorC
The rocky shores we stand upon
E minorEm D MajorD C majorC
And beat against our banks with iron rage
E minorEm D MajorD G+G
When we were young and we were not afraid
[Chorus]
C majorC D MajorD
We can still push up against those pillars
E minorEm D MajorD
We can light those foxes tails ablaze
C majorC D MajorD
Nighttime still pushes up against the sun
E minorEm D MajorD
Where we grow young and we are not afraid
G+G C majorC E minorEm
And you, you gotta find your way back home
D MajorD
Out of the woods
G+G C majorC
And you, you don’t have to hold your own
E minorEm D MajorD
You gotta find your way back home
A minorAm
Out of the woods
C majorC
They’re gonna smoke you out
G+G
They’re gonna find you out
A minorAm C majorC
Out of the woods
[Interlude]
G+G C/GC/G E minorEm D MajorD C majorC
G+G C majorC E minorEm
And you, you gotta find your way back home
D MajorD
Out of the woods
G+G C majorC
And you, you don’t have to hold your own
E minorEm D MajorD
You gotta find your way back home
A minorAm C majorC
They’re gonna smoke you out
G+G
They’re gonna find you out
A minorAm
Out of the woods
C majorC G+G
They’re gonna smoke you out
A minorAm C majorC
They’re gonna find you out
G+G
They’re gonna smoke you out
A minorAm
Out of the woods
C majorC G+G
They’re gonna find you out
A minorAm C majorC
They’re gonna smoke you out
G+G