Chords with lyrics
Intro:
Bb majorBb G minorGm Eb MajorEb
Bb majorBb AbAb Eb MajorEb
Verse 1:
Bb majorBb G minorGm Eb MajorEb
Who am I to say if I’m blind to see?
Bb majorBb AbAb Eb MajorEb
Hidden in the water was the memory
Bb majorBb G minorGm Eb MajorEb
England’s pleasant dreaming is a lesson in deceiving
Bb majorBb
With no empathy
AbAb Eb MajorEb
Just a fallen tree
Chorus:
FF F/D
So are we turning corners
Eb MajorEb Eb/DEb/D
Or counting down the hours
FF F/D
And if we’re throwing sticks and stones
AbAb
Is it from ivory towers?
FF F/D
Is it just a fable
Eb MajorEb Eb/DEb/D
We’re singing to the masses?
C minorCm
Or are we burning bridges
AbAb
In temple tudor castles
Verse 2:
Bb majorBb G minorGm Eb MajorEb
How am I to feel when the winter comes?
Bb majorBb AbAb Eb MajorEb
Skating on the thin ice of the deeds we’ve done
Bb majorBb G minorGm Eb MajorEb
England’s pleasant dreaming, a Jerusalem worth keeping
Bb majorBb
In parenthesis
AbAb Eb MajorEb
If you’re ill at ease
Chorus:
FF F/D
So are we turning corners
Eb MajorEb Eb/DEb/D
Or counting down the hours
FF F/D
And if we’re throwing sticks and stones
AbAb
Is it from ivory towers?
FF F/D
Is it just a fable
Eb MajorEb Eb/DEb/D
We’re singing to the masses?
C minorCm
Or are we burning bridges
AbAb
In temple tudor castles
Bridge:
Bb majorBb FF
And hey, you said yourself
C minorCm D MajorD
There is dignity in breaking down the rules
FF Bb majorBb
And what have we become?
C minorCm
Nothing but sailors on the ship of fools
Interlude:
Bb majorBb G minorGm Eb MajorEb
Bb majorBb AbAb Eb MajorEb
Bb majorBb G minorGm Eb MajorEb
Bb majorBb AbAb Eb MajorEb
Chorus:
FF F/D
So are we turning corners
Eb MajorEb Eb/DEb/D
Or counting down the hours
FF F/D
And if we’re throwing sticks and stones
AbAb
Is it from ivory towers?
FF F/D
Is it just a fable
Eb MajorEb Eb/DEb/D
We’re singing to the masses?
C minorCm
Or are we burning bridges
AbAb
In temple tudor castles
Outro:
Bb majorBb G minorGm Eb MajorEb
Bb majorBb AbAb Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
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