Key: D major
Verse 1
D
Em
G
I woke up to the sound of
Am
C
A great unholy clatter
G
D
quickly filling me with dread
Em
G
I wondered then if silence
Am
C
G
What, with everybody yelling the end
Interlude 1
was finally here
D
Em
G
D
Am
C
G
D
Verse 2
Dm
F
I scrambled for the television,
C
G
desperate for its light
Dm
F
Hoping that my favorite stars
C
G
could stop this endless night
Am
C
I waited for instructions,
Am
G
I waited for a sign
C
A
I listened very carefully when
Verse 3
Em
G
Lovers became bitter,
Am
C
Some were filled with angry lust,
G
D
the rest felt mostly numb
Em
G
The sun became the en emy,
Am
C
G
And kill time swapping partners at a club
Interlude 2
Em
G
D
Am
C
G
D
Verse 4
Dm
F
Those who spoke of doom impending,
C
G
suffering and such
Dm
F
Had found the place in people's heart
C
G
that beauty had once touched
Am
C
They filled the auditorium,
Am
G
the tickets far from cheap
C
A
Those that couldn't get in
Verse 5
Em
G
The day came so we gathered
Am
C
A noted scientist predicted
G
D
there we'd see it all
Em
G
The city council members came,
Am
C
G
The king and queen of homecoming both shed
Interlude 3
a poignant tear
D
Em
G
D
Am
C
G
D
Dm
Verse 6
C
G
the starling blinked its eye
Dm
F
The molecules collided and
C
G
became part of the sky
Am
C
All my life I've never known
Am
G
a moment quite so still
C
A
Like space that's being emptied
Verse 7
Em
G
I woke up to the sound of
Am
C
It sounded like a hum of
G
D
insects nesting in my hair
Em
G
I wasn't so much tired
Am
C
So I closed my eyed and mumbled
Outro 1
D
Em
G
D
Am
C
G
D
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