Key: F minor
Verse 1
Bm
F#m
Bm
F#m
Bm
F#m
Bm
The
G#dim
F#m
Bm
F#m
Bm
G#dim
F#m
bears are in the forest
Bm
G#dim
F#m
The pope's in Rome
Bm
F#m
I'm on a beach in Zanzibar
Bm
G#dim
F#m
Or at least I'll be here soon
B
A
What a shame we carry with us
C#m
B
F#m
The residue of fools
E
B
A
Instead of better wisdom
C#m
B
D#m
And advance tools
Verse 2
Bm
G#dim
F#m
we prefer to be stand ing
G#dim
F#m
ground
Bm
F#m
Breathing air to lift the spirits
Bm
G#dim
F#m
Or racing balloons in the alps
F#m
A
F#
zib ar
B
F#
C#
F#m
F#
We're struggling in the surf
B
A
F#m
Seeing the look horizon
F#
B
F#
Moving further away from
us
D#m
B
D#m
Verse 3
A#m
And I close my eyes
I think it's me
Out on the look horizon where I found
Interlude 1
you.
A#m
D#m
Bm
E
F#m
Verse 4
G#dim
F#m
The land of pharaoh
Bm
G#dim
is digging up its past
F#m
Bm
The broken amulets
G#dim
F#m
of his tory
Bm
F#m
Strewn in our path
Interlude 2
F#m
F#
C#sus4
C#m
B
C#m
E
B
C#m
B
E
B
E
F#
A#m
G#
A#m
D#m
G#
F#
E
F#
G#
Verse 5
F#
E
I feel like someone's watching
F#
G#
Through a window frame
G#m
F#
A child prodding a wounded insect
Outro 1
F#
G#
F#
E
F#
D
F#
Bm
E
F#m
E
F#sus4
Bm
F#
Bm
F#m
E
Bm
F#
Bm
F#m
E
F#sus4
B
A
E
F#m
B
F#m
E
B
A
E
F#m
B
F#m
E
B
A
E
A
Aaug
A
B
F#m
E
B
D#m
B
B
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