Key: Eb major
Intro 1
D
A
Asus4
D
Asus4
D
Asus4
D
A
D
A
D
A
D
A
Asus4
A
Verse 1
D
We're character actors from the Tower of Babel
A
Am
A
Bewildered, burnt out, hardly able
D
To sit astride the high wire cable
Asus4
It's hard to balance,
Am
A
a little unstable
Verse 2
G
D
Through broken eyes
C
G
and contact lenses
A
I watched you draw your future tenses
E
A
See kisses of flame blow
out of your lips
You're back telling me
Verse 3
your Apocalypse
G
A
Bm
Don't get me wrong, I'll be strong
When the slow burn sunset
F#m
E
A
come along
G
A
D
F#m
E
A
You've gotta stay the night
G
D
C
I gotta think that you might
Interlude 1
C
Am
A
D
Asus4
A
C
D
A
Asus4
A
D
Am
A
We've tried a
Verse 4
D
handful of bills
and a handful of pills
A
We've tried making movies
Am
C
from a volume of stills
D
Words fell like hailstones
A
bouncing at our feet
Asus4
Covering our feelings
A
Am
A
G
with a frozen sheet
D
A chance to move,
Verse 5
C
I take a shot
D
G
I get cold, you get hot
A
E
A
We look outside, ly in' awake
E
A
See birds breaking surface on a silent lake
Verse 6
G
A
Bm
But don't get me wrong, I'll be strong
When I'm back on the Isle
of Avalon
F#m
E
A
Verse 7
G
A
Bm
Don't get me wrong, I'll be strong
When the slow burn sunset
F#m
E
A
come along
G
A
D
F#m
E
A
You've got to stay the night
G
A
C
I've got to think you might
G
C
G
C
Verse 8
Em
F#m
D
Don't try to make it easy,
G
A
D
A
Asus4
A
Em
it'll cut you down to size
D
Darlin' we've gotta trust
in something
G
A
D
Asus4
We're shooting down our skies
D
Interlude 2
G
C
D
G
C
G
C
Eb
Shoot
Verse 9
C
C
Eb
ing down
F
Adim
F
C
Shooting down our skies
Outro 1
Em
F#m
D
G
A
Em
D
G
A
Em
F#m
D
G
A
D
G
D
Em
F#m
D
G
A
F#m
A
A
A
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