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