Key: C major
Intro 1
E
Verse 1
F#
Were we the hammer
B
G#m
C#
Were we the powder
E
Were we the cold evening air
F#
Were we the wild geese
G#m
D#m
C#
Were we the tall trees
Verse 2
Were we the shot in the air
E
B
G#m
E
B
And the background noise
G#m
D#m
B
Goes fading now
D#
E
C#
No sounds, just the quiver of a lip
Verse 3
Even the moon's half holding back
E
F#
G#m
Look, we're falling so easy
D#m
C#
E
Like the rain in the dirty south
F#
G#m
D#m
C#
Justified for the fighting
Verse 4
Were we living in the lion's mouth?
E
G#m
E
B
And the background noise
G#m
D#m
B
Goes fad ing out
D#
E
C#
No sounds, just the quiver of a lip
Outro 1
Even the moon's half holding out
C#
E
G#m
E
B
G#m
D#m
B
D#
E
C#
C
C#
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