Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
E MajorE
Verse:
G+G C majorC
Seven o'clock in the morning, got a message from afar
B minorBm C majorC
Down under an oasis where there are dreams still being born
G+G C majorC
And summer spoke to winter relaying all encouraging words
B minorBm C majorC
And I was fully grateful muted messages were heard
G+G C majorC
Moved on from my despondency and left it in the bed
B minorBm C majorC
Do I leave it there still sleeping or maybe kill it better yet
G+G C majorC
For this is not time for depression or self-indulgent hesitance
B minorBm C majorC G+G C majorC
This fucked up situation calls for all hands, hands on deck
G+G C majorC
Freedom is as freedom does and freedom is a verb
B minorBm C majorC
They giveth and they taketh and you fight to keep that what you've earned
G+G C majorC
We saw the destination, got so close before its turned
B minorBm C majorC G+G C majorC
Swim sideways from this undertow and do not be deterred
Chorus:
A augmentedA E MajorE G+G
Flood-like dreams go drifting past
D MajorD A augmentedA
All the lies we could have had
E MajorE G+G
Distant loves floating above
D MajorD
Close these eyes. They've seen enough
Instrumental:
E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA
Verse:
G+G C majorC
Caught the butterfly, broke its wing, then put it on display
B minorBm C majorC
Stripped of all its beauty once it could not fly high away
G+G C majorC
Still alive like a passerby overdosed on gamma rays
B minorBm C majorC G+G C majorC
Another god's creation destined to be thrown away
G+G C majorC
Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, they forged the north and west
G+G C majorC
And you've got Sitting Bullshit as our sitting president
G+G C majorC
Talking to his mirror - what's he say, what's it say back
B minorBm C majorC G+G C majorC
the tragedy of _____________ you lost _____________
Chorus:
A augmentedA E MajorE G+G
His best days gone, hard to admit
D MajorD
Throwing angry punches with nothing to hit
A augmentedA E MajorE G+G
Luminous thoughts were once all he had
D MajorD A augmentedA
Fading lights, lost eloquence
A augmentedA E MajorE G+G
_______________________________________
D MajorD C# minorC#m D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE
Knows relief will be coming soon
Instrumental:
C# minorC#m D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE
Outro 1:
C# minorC#m D MajorD
What’s to be done
A augmentedA E MajorE C# minorC#m
Carve a path _____ rivers ____
D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE
Much to be done, oceans rising with the waves
C# minorC#m D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE
So ______________ refuse to slip away
C# minorC#m D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE
They land in dreamland, they vow to call your name
Instrumental:
C# minorC#m D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE x2
Outro 2:
C# minorC#m D MajorD
Much to be done
A augmentedA
Much to be
E MajorE
Much to be done
C# minorC#m
Much to be
D MajorD
Much to be done
A augmentedA
Much to be
E MajorE C# minorC#m D MajorD
Much to be done