Chords with lyrics
Verse:
D MajorD G+G
Can you see the lonesome tree under the starlight?
D MajorD F# minorF#m
The clouds have gone and the sky has won the battle for clear sight
D MajorD G+G
The birds have left and there's not a sound up on the hillside
D MajorD F# minorF#m
The cold has come and it's sweeping its way on 'til the low tide
G+G
On this December night
A augmentedA E minor 7Em7 Bm7-Bm
There's a deafening call from a woman on the shore
G+G D MajorD E MajorE
She wants more, and she's asking me, "What is it all for?"
E minorEm A augmentedA B minorBm C majorC
And I never want to tell her of the cold, of getting old
G+G C majorC A minorAm D MajorD
Of falling down to meet the ground, now only a memory of this town
D MajorD (missing chord progession) G+G
Will you believe that this all is a dream, a feverish nightmare?
D MajorD (missing chord progression) F# minorF#m
And that all that you've seen has left you unscarred and no worse for the wear
G+G
On this unfortunate night
A augmentedA E minorEm B minorBm
There's a heartbroken cry from a mother on the shore
G+G D MajorD G+G
She wants more, and she's asking me, "What is it all for?"
G+G E7E7
She's pleading with me, "Open up the door!"
E minor 7Em7 A augmentedA B minorBm C majorC
And I never want to tell her of the cold, of getting old
G+G C majorC C majorC A minorAm
Of falling down to meet the ground, now only a memory of this
Bridge:
FF C majorC G+G DmDm Dm7Dm7 G+G A augmentedA
Outro:
G+G D MajorD G+G
We want more, and we're asking you, "What is it all for?"
D MajorD E MajorE
It's nothing like we've ever seen before
E minorEm A augmentedA B minorBm C majorC
But fortune doesn't always favor the bold, we're still getting old
G+G C majorC C majorC A minorAm
Always falling down to meet the ground, still only a memory of this town