Key: E major•
Intro 1
E
C#m
E
A
E
C#m
E
A
Verse 1
E
B
E
glimmering like coals in our chest
C#m
B
Ball bearings drawn to
E
A
the magnetic breath
E
B
Of ten- thousand weeping with
C#m
B
Amidst ten- thousand voices
C#m
E
C#m
A
for ten- thousand years
Verse 2
A
B
E
unlocked and unlatched
C#m
B
Now ten- thousand holes
E
A
with rocks on their backs
B
E
wide singing the praise
B
C#m
B
Of ten- thousand bodies
E
C#m
A
un laced and unlaid
Verse 3
C#m
A
unfold their doors
C#m
A
on Nineveh's shores
B
E
si lences wars
B
C#m
A
B
E
For the girl who rises to meet him
Verse 4
World, I have overcome you
C#m
A
World, I have overcome you
B
Bsus4
B
World, I have overcome
C#m
A
By my song and the blood
of a son
B
E
B
Bsus4
Verse 5
B
E
Ten- thousand rivers
B
E
Run red like my veins
C#m
B
Where the bones of men hum
E
A
Like a rattling cage
B
E
For sinew to cling to
B
E
And wind to remain
C#m
B
In ten- thousand lungs
E
C#m
A
For ten- thousand days
Verse 6
B
E
Of holes in the ground
C#m
B
Where the cyn ical have lain
E
A
Where the cynical go down
B
E
Lets go of her drowned
C#m
E
Like ten- thousand sparrows
B
E
A
Un locked and unwound
B
C#m
As the ten- thousand highways
B
C#m
For the ten thousand standing on
B
E
band silences wars
A
B
E
For the girl who rises to meet him
Verse 7
And she sings
C#m
B
A
B
A
World, I have overcome
C#m
you
Outro 1
of a son
B
E
C#m
E
A
E
E
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsE C#m A B Bsus4
E
C#m
A
B
Bsus4
Capo: 2
Transpose: 0
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