Start with the root notes and then slow arpeggios for the first two verses and then
alternate the bass and treble in a sort of eighth note pattern
Bm
The city roof
A
Is tipping down.
D
The evening’s high,
A
Lights litter ground.
Bm
I close my eyes.
A
I pray to stone.
D
Do angels weep
A
When they’re alone
Bm
This is farewell,
G
The last there’ll be.
D
My waiting’s done now.
A
Remember me.
Bm
The smoky sky,
A
The bullet stars…
D
I walked them once,
A
They seem so far.
Bm
You call my name
A
Begging me back.
D
“Remember silence?
A
Remember cracks?”
Bm
Now that I’m here,
G
Can I just say:
D
I’d love to come back,
A
But not today.
Bm
This is farewell,
G
The last there’ll be.
D
My waiting’s done now.
A
Remember me.
Bm
Somewhere back there,
A
Before the world,
D
Beside a house,
A
There was a girl.
Bm
She ran away -
A
At least she tried.
D
He never came.
A
She never cried.
Bm
Since I am here,
G
May I just say:
D
I’d love to run now,
A
But not today.
Bm
This is farewell,
G
The last there’ll be.
D
My waiting’s done now.
A
Remember me.
(INSTRUMENTAL) (Bm, A, D, A) 2x
Bm
If stories end,
G
If we should fall,
D
We fall together,
A
Or not at all.
Bm
This is farewell,
G
The last there’ll be.
D
My waiting’s done now.
A
Remember me.
