Joel uses a tenor guitar; this is for a regular guitar. From the performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KACAGoOxWWA [Chords] (for Chorus) C7 C13 C7 F Em7/B Em/D G/D e|--8-----8-----8---8----0----0-----3----| B|--11----10----8---10---3----0-----0----| G|--9-----9-----9---10---0----0-----0----| D|--8-----8-----8---10---0----0-----0----| A|--10----10----10--8----2---------------| E|--8-----8-----8------------------------| [Verse 1] C When we set out on the road F C I said, “Boys, we’re heading west C G F C We will walk under this sun until it sets” C
We had the best intentions F C And the road was straight and true C G F C We promised that we’d follow it to you C F C G/B F C [Verse 2] C With our shadows growing longer F C We picked up our pace C G F C Knowing if we rested, we would rust C As the cold crept up our backs F C Under the last remaining rays C G F C We never stopped to think who we could trust [Pre-chorus] Em7/B F C And when the night came to the highway Em7/B F C The horizon turned black from blue F Oh, Mother Nature, where are you going? G Can we go too? [Chorus] C7 We’re longing to be safe C7 C13 C7 F C7 C7 Safe in your arms Safe C7 C13 C7 F C7 Safe in your arms Em7/B Em/D G/D C Safe in your arms Em7/B Em/D G/D C Safe in your arms F Em7/B C Can we be safe in your arms again? C F C G/B F C [Verse 3] C We poisoned all the ghosts F C We poisoned all the rivers C G F C We burned away the last light of the day C When we finally hit the coast F C We had nothing to deliver C G F C And there was nothing there that we could take away [Pre-chorus] Em7/B F C Where would we be without you? Em7/B F C How will we make it through? F Follow Mother Nature, wherever she’s going G You must go too [Chorus] C7 She's longing to be safe C7 C13 C7 F C7 C7 Safe in your arms Safe C7 C13 C7 F C7 Safe in your arms Em7/B Em/D G/D C Safe in your arms Em7/B Em/D G/D C Safe in your arms F Em7/B C Can she be safe in your arms again? Em7/B Em/D G/D C Safe in your arms Em7/B Em/D G/D C Safe in your arms F Em7/B C Can she be safe in your arms again?