Chords with lyrics
The main chord's root acts as a pedal note throughout the intro and verses and is not notated
Original tuning standard D; may be more doable if:
- chords are transposed down 3 half-steps (first chord B minorBm)
- Capo 3
ORDER: I V1 V2 PC C majorC INT1 V3 PC C majorC INT2 FC1 FC2 O
INTRO:
(3/4)
DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 | Dsus2Dsus2 DmDm | DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 | G minorGm Csus4Csus4 C majorC |
DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 | Dsus2Dsus2 DmDm | DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 | G minorGm DmDm C majorC |
(enter band and choir)
DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 | Dsus2Dsus2 DmDm | DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 | G minorGm Csus4Csus4 C majorC |
DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 | Dsus2Dsus2 DmDm | DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 | G minorGm DmDm C majorC |
(full band)
DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 | Dsus2Dsus2 DmDm | DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 | G minorGm Csus4Csus4 C majorC |
DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 | Dsus2Dsus2 DmDm | DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 | G minorGm Bb majorBb C majorC |
VERSE 1:
DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 Dsus2Dsus2 DmDm DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 G minorGm Csus4Csus4 C majorC
We live in e - very mo - ment but this one
DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 Dsus2Dsus2 DmDm DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 G minorGm Csus4Csus4 C majorC DmDm
Why don’t we re - cognize the fa - ces lo - ving us so?
DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 Dsus2Dsus2 DmDm DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 G minorGm Csus4Csus4 C majorC DmDm
What’s God if not the spark that star - ted life?
DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 Dsus2Dsus2 DmDm DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 G minorGm Bb majorBb C majorC DmDm
Smile of a stran - ger, sweet mu - sic, starry skies
VERSE 2:
DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 Dsus2Dsus2 DmDm DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 G minorGm Csus4Csus4 C majorC
Wonder, myst - 'ry, wherever my road goes
DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 Dsus2Dsus2 DmDm DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 G minorGm Bb majorBb C majorC
Early wake - ups in a mo - ving home
DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 Dsus2Dsus2 DmDm DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 G minorGm Csus4Csus4 C majorC DmDm
Scent of fresh-mown grass in the mor - ning sun
DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 Dsus2Dsus2 DmDm DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 G minorGm Bb majorBb C majorC
Open theme park gates wai - ting for
PRE-CHORUS:
Bb majorBb
Riding the day, every day into sunset
FF C majorC
Finding the way back home
CHORUS:
DmDm A minorAm
Once upon a night we’ll wake to the carnival of life
G minorGm DmDm Bb majorBb C majorC
The beauty of this ride ahead - such an incredible high
DmDm FF
It’s hard to light a candle, easy to curse the dark instead
G minorGm DmDm
This moment the dawn of humanity
FF C majorC
Last ride of the day
INTERLUDE 1:
DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 | Dsus2Dsus2 DmDm | DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 | G minorGm Csus4Csus4 C majorC |
DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 | Dsus2Dsus2 DmDm | DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 | G minorGm Bb majorBb C majorC |
Last ride of the
DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 | Dsus2Dsus2 DmDm | DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 | G minorGm Csus4Csus4 C majorC |
day
DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 | Dsus2Dsus2 DmDm | DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 | G minorGm Bb majorBb C majorC |
VERSE 3:
DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 Dsus2Dsus2 DmDm DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 G minorGm Csus4Csus4 C majorC DmDm
Wake up, Dead Boy - en - ter ad - ven - tureland
DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 Dsus2Dsus2 DmDm DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 G minorGm Bb majorBb C majorC DmDm
Tricksters, magi - cians will show you all that’s real
DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 Dsus2Dsus2 DmDm DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 G minorGm Csus4Csus4 C majorC DmDm
Careless jug - glers, snakechar - mers by your trail
DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 Dsus2Dsus2 DmDm DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 G minorGm Bb majorBb C majorC Bb majorBb
Magic of a mo - ment, a - bracadabra
PRE-CHORUS:
(4/4)
( Bb majorBb )
Riding the day, every day into sunset
FF C majorC
Finding the way back home
CHORUS:
DmDm A minorAm
Once upon a night we’ll wake to the carnival of life
G minorGm DmDm Bb majorBb C majorC
The beauty of this ride ahead - such an incredible high
DmDm FF
It’s hard to light a candle, easy to curse the dark instead
G minorGm DmDm
This moment the dawn of humanity
Bb majorBb C majorC
Last ride of the day
INTERLUDE 2:
Bb majorBb | | FF | FF G minorGm |
(3/4)
DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 | Dsus2Dsus2 DmDm | DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 | G minorGm Csus4Csus4 C majorC |
(4/4)
Bb majorBb | | FF | FF G minorGm |
(3/4)
DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 | Dsus2Dsus2 DmDm | DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 | G minorGm Csus4Csus4 C majorC |
(4/4)
DmDm | | | |
DmDm | | Eb MajorEb | Eb MajorEb C majorC BB |
FINAL CHORUS 1:
E minorEm B minorBm
Once upon a night we’ll wake to the carnival of life
A minorAm E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
The beauty of this ride ahead - such an incredible high
E minorEm G+G
It’s hard to light a candle, easy to curse the dark instead
A minorAm E minorEm
This moment the dawn of humanity
G+G D MajorD
Last ride of the day
FINAL CHORUS 2:
E minorEm B minorBm
Once upon a night we’ll wake to the carnival of life
A minorAm E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
The beauty of this ride ahead - such an incredible high
E minorEm G+G
It’s hard to light a candle, easy to curse the dark instead
A minorAm E minorEm
This moment the dawn of humanity
G+G D MajorD
Last ride of the day
OUTRO:
E minorEm Esus2Esus2 | Esus2Esus2 E minorEm | E minorEm Esus2Esus2 | A minorAm Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD |
E minorEm Esus2Esus2 | Esus2Esus2 E minorEm | E minorEm Esus2Esus2 | A minorAm C majorC D MajorD |
Last ride of the
E minorEm Esus2Esus2 | Esus2Esus2 E minorEm | E minorEm Esus2Esus2 | A minorAm Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD |
day