Standard tuning.
No capo.
Chords used: D A F#minor E
(Refer to the song to get the feel for how it is played.
or you can get away with just down strumming everything)
[Intro]
D A F#minor E (x2) (single down strum)
[Verse 1]
D A F#minor E
I was left to my own devi-i-i-ices.
D A
Many days fell away
F#minor E
with nothing to show.
[Chorus]
(staccato down strum (x8) for each chord)
D A
And the walls kept tumbling down
F#minor E
In the city that we lo-o-o-o-ove
D A
Great clouds roll over the hills
F#minor F#minor (let ring out)
Bringing darkness from abo-o-o-o-ove
D
But if you close your eyes,
A
Does it almost feel like
F#minor E
Nothing changed at all
D
And if you close your eyes,
A
Does it almost feel like
F#minor E
You've been here before?
D A E
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
D A E
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
[Verse 2]
D A F#minor E
We were caught up and lost in all of our vices
D A F#minor E
In your pose as the dust settled around us
[Chorus]
D A
And the walls kept tumbling down
F#minor E
In the city we lo-o-o-o-ove
D A
Great clouds roll over the hills
F#minor E
Bringing darkness from abo-o-o-o-ove
D
But if you close your eyes,
A
Does it almost feel like
F#minor E
Nothing changed at all
D
And if you close your eyes,
A
Does it almost feel like
F#minor E
You've been here before?
D A E
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
D A E
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
[Bridge]
D F#minor A E
D F#minor
Oh where do we begin?
A E
The rubble or our sins?
D F#minor
Oh, oh where do we begin?
A E
The rubble or our sins?
[Chorus]
D A
And the walls kept tumbling down
F#minor E
In the city we lo-o-o-o-ove
D A
Great clouds roll over the hills
F#minor E
Bringing darkness from abo-o-o-o-ove
D
But if you close your eyes,
A
Does it almost feel like
F#minor E
Nothing changed at all
D
And if you close your eyes,
A
Does it almost feel like
F#minor E
You've been here before?
D A E
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
D A E
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
[Outro]
D
But if you close your eyes,
A
Does it almost feel like
F#minor E
Nothing changed at all
