Key: G 🎸 Intro: Am7 G Em D Bm A* Am7 G Em D Bm Asus4 A* Am7 G Em D Bm A* A G* 🎸 Verse 1: Bm Em* Am G D* We built this place with high hopes, blood on our hands Em G Bm D* Em D C* A giant on our shoulders, and maps of unfound land Bm Em* Am G D* God would give his blessings, in a language I don't speak Em D Bm D* Em D C* A blessing for the waking, the tired and the weak N.C. Bm D* Em D Cmaj7* A promise of a new day, born with every little seed C Am G D Em D Am And gardens growing over, with snow white baby thimbleweed.
🎸 Interlude: Am7 G Em D Bm A Am7 G Em D Bm Asus4 A Am7 G Em D Bm A A G* 🎸 Verse 2: Bm Em* Am G D* Then came the first eruptions, and everybody was amazed Em G Bm D* Em D C* A triumph for the structure, and all the memories it erased Bm Em* Am G D* But structures are forever, and do not care about the mind Em G Bm D* Em D C* We hid behind our eyelids, in fear of what we'd find N.C. Bm D Em D C* Now everyone was sleeping, heavier than ever before C Am G D Em D C As broken vows and dead dreams, washed upon a silver shore. 🎸 Interlude: Am7 G Em D Bm A Am7 G Em D Bm Asus4 A Am7 G Em D Bm A A G D/F# A A* 🎸 Verse 3: Bm Em* Am G D* I sat there by the window, as the hours turned to years Em G Bm D* Em D C* And never gave up hoping, there would be something for me here G Bm Em* G D C* Now everyone was waiting, for a day that never came G Em D* Em D C* And wherever the wind blew, the sky would stay the same. Note: * after chord means strike chord once and let it ring.
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