Key: Eb major•
Intro 1
Eb
Verse 1
Cm
Csus2
Eb
Cm
Out the window high above the city,
Csus2
Cm
Gm
Counting statues of people
Gm
Ab
Thinking that the people are forever,
Verse 2
Ab
Eb
Cm
He wants his father to be a statue,
Csus2
Eb
Cm
On the rooftop of his fatherless home,
Csus2
Gm
Ab
So that he can always see him,
Gm
Ab
So that he will never leave him,
Verse 3
Verse 4
Eb
[Chorus:]
Bb
Ab
Eb
You cannot live in bronze or stone,
Ab
Verse 5
Cm
Csus2
searching
Cm
Csus2
imagined
Gm
Ab
Courting fear instead of a woman,
Verse 6
Gm
Ab
Maybe one day I'll have the courage,
Eb
Gm
Ab
Maybe one day I'll sail across the ocean.
Verse 7
Cm
Eb
my computer,
Gm
Eb
Ab
Fixed in stone a man will wither,
Verse 8
Eb
Bb
Ab
Eb
You cannot live in bronze or stone,
Bb
Ab
Make your life in flesh and bone
Bb
Bbsus4
Bb
Verse 9
Cm
Csus2
Cm
Eb
Cm
Through the park on a dark December day,
Csus2
Cm
Gm
Ab
He stands frozen at the base of a statue,
Gm
Ab
And he hopes for a warm hand to help him,
Verse 10
Eb
Cm
Tonight he will dream that he is flying,
Eb
Cm
Over banks of a river he remembers
Gm
Ab
His father's voice will echo all around him,
Eb
Gm
His father's hands
Verse 11
Eb
Cm
Now I can sail across the ocean,
Eb
Cm
Now I will sail across the ocean,
Gm
Ab
Now I am sailing across the ocean.
Verse 12
Eb
Bb
Ab
Eb
I cannot live in bronze or stone,
Bb
Ab
I must live as flesh and bone.
Bb
Bbsus4
Bb
Outro 1
Eb
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsEb Cm Csus2 Gm Ab...
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