Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Chords used: C#m A E B Bm F# F#m C# G Intro: 1 2 3 4 C#m 1 2 3 4 E 1 2 3 4 A 1 2 3 4 E 1 2 3 4 C#m A 1 2 3 4 E
1 2 3 4 C#m A 1 2 3 4 E Intro 2: 1 2 3 4 C#m A 1 2 3 4 E C#m 1 2 3 4 E A 1 2 3 4 E 1 2 3 4 C#m A 1 2 3 4 E C#m 1 2 3 4 A 1 2 3 4 E Verse 1: C#m E C#m Eyes on the screen E A E C#m We have all the information now, but what does it mean? E C#m E A E Shannon: All this progress; hope is with us; stretching above C#m E C#m Reason?'?s a tease E A E C#m Drank up all that hemlock, here I am just reading the leaves E C#m E A E Shannon: There's no followers; there's no compass; a dozen clouds C#m E C#m And left wondering: E A E what happened to the life we lost, that got lost in the living? Chorus 1: C#m E A And all this fiction makes me nervous E C#m E A stop: Turns out it was blood spilled on the canvas we admired just like some Rorschach painting Verse 2: C#m E C#m E A E C#m E C#m E A E The film in your brain - it edits to remember, keeps the figure in the frame C#m E C#m E A E C#m E C#m E A E It's a sacrificial violence, all those passed over in silence then cast out with the blame C#m E C#m E A E C#m E C#m E A E And I'm trying to stay sane - meanwhile, the river of forgetfulness, it starts spilling the banks Bm A F#m G Chorus 2: C#m A E Caught in a lie C#m A E C#m A and instead of fessing up, we'd sooner just go out of our hea - ds F#m C#m I'??ve been holding up my end B F# B C#m when I should have doubled down on my own atom bomb shelter instead Interlude: 1 2 3 4 C#m A 1 2 3 4 E C#m 1 2 3 4 A 1 2 3 4 E C#m 1 2 3 4 A 1 2 3 4 E 1 2 3 4 C#m A 1 2 3 4 E Outro: C#m E A Oh, oh, how you gonna hold on? E C#m How you gonna hold on? E A E How you gonna hold on to every thing? C#m E A Oh, oh, how you gonna hold on? E C#m How you gonna hold on? E A E How you gonna hold on to your memory? C#m E A Oh, oh, how you gonna hold on? E C#m How you gonna hold on? E A E How you gonna hold on when you know that you canâ??t? A C#m A C#m C#m E C#m E A E A E C#m E C#m E A E A E C#m E C#m E A E A E