This is a collection of chords from the latest effort by the Avett Brothers
titled 'The Carpenter' (2012) The following are all 12 songs as tabbed by
a variety of UG members. Each body of work belongs to its' respectful owner
and credit is given to each contributing work.
Artist: The Avett Brothers
Album: The Carpenter (2012)
Tracks:
1. The Once and Future Carpenter (EADGBE CAPO 4)
2. Live and Die (EADGBE CAPO 4)
3. Winter In My Heart (EADGBE)
4. Pretty Girl From Michigan (EADGBE)
5. I Never Knew You (EADGBE CAPO 2)
6. February Seven (EADGBE CAPO 4)
7. Through My Prayers (EADGBE CAPO 3)
8. Down With the Shine (EADGBE)
9. A Father's First Spring (EADGBE CAPO 4)
10.Geraldine (EADGBE)
11.Paul Newman Vs. The Demons (EADGBE)
12.Life (EADGBE CAPO 4)
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1. The Once and Future Carpenter
Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 4
Tabbed By: I_am_Billiam
Cool Intro Riff
e|-------------------------------------------------------0------|
B|--1-3-1-0-1-0---0--------------------------------------1------|
G|--------------2---2-0-2-0---0----------------0---------0------|
D|--------------------------2---2-0-2-0---0h1h2--0-------2------|
A|--------------------------------------3----------3-2-3-3------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
C G C G
Verse 1
C F Dm F
I ain't from Texas, but I made my way from Dallas
Dm G C - G
and I know the lonesome sound is following
C F Dm F
I ain't a gambler, but I can recognize a hand
Dm G C - G
and when to hold, when queens are staring back at me.
Interlude
e|--------0--------0----|
B|--------1--------0----|
G|--------2--------0----|
D|--------2--------2----|
A|-3-2-0--0--------2----|
E|-----------3-2-0-0----|x3
C - F - G
Verse 2 (Use chords from first verse).
Once I was a carpenter, man my hands were calloused
I could swing a metal mallet sure and straight
But I took to the highway, a poet young and hungry
and I left the timbers where they lay
F Fm
Forever I will move like the world that turns beneath me
C Am G
and when I lose my direction I'll look up to the sky
F
and when the black cloak drags upon the ground
Fm C
I'll be ready to surrender, and remember
Am G
well we're all in this together
F Fm
If I live the life I'm given, I wont be scared to die
Verses 3+4. (Same as first two.)
And I don't come from Detroit, but her diesel motors pull me
and I followed till I finally lost my way
And now I spend my days in search of a woman we called purpose
And if I ever pass back through here town I'll stay
Chorus 2 (Same as first).
Forever I will move like the world that turns beneath me
and when I lose my direction I'll look up to the sky
and when the black cloak drags upon the ground
I'll be ready to surrender, and remember
well we're all in this together
If I live the life I'm given, I won't be scared to die
(Interlude again then that cool little riff).
And my life is but a coin, pulled from an empty pocket
Dropped into a slot with dreams of sevens close behind
And hope and fear go with it, and moon and the sun go spinning
Like the numbers and fruits before my eyes
Bridge
C F G C
Sometimes I hit, sometimes it robs me blind
Sometimes I hit, sometimes it robs me blind
Chorus 3 (Same as first two).
Forever I will move like the world that turns beneath me
and when I lose my direction I'll look up to the sky
and when the black cloak drags upon the ground
I'll be ready to surrender, and remember
well we're all in this together
If I live the life I'm given, I won't be scared to die
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2. Live and Die
Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 4
Tabbed By: hopefor2013
Intro: G. Bm. C. D. x 2
G. Bm. C. G
All it will take is just one moment and
G. Em. C. D
you can say goodbye to how we had it planned
G. Bm. C. G
Fear like a habit run like a rabbit out and away
G. Em. C. D
through the screen door to the unknown
Em
and I want to love you and more
Am
I want to find you and more
C. G
can you tell that I
Bm. C
am alive let me prove it.
Chorus:
G. Em
You and I we're the same
C. D
live and die we're the same
G. Em
hear my voice know my name
C. D
you and I we're the same
Verse II
G.
Live like a pharaoh
Bm. C. G
sing like a sparrow anyway
G. Em. C. D
even if there is no land or love in sight
G. Bm. C. G
we bloom like roses lead like moses out and away
G. Em. C. G.
through the bitter crowd to the daylight
Pre-chorus
Em
and I want to love you and more
Am
I want to find you and more
C. G
can you tell that I
Bm. C
am alive let me prove it to ya.
Chorus II
G. Em
You and I we're the same
C. D
live and die we're the same
G. Em
you rejoice I complain
C. D
but you and I we're the same
G. Em
live and die we're the same
C. D
you and I we're the same
G. Em
hear my voice know my name
C. D
you and I we're the same
G. Bm. C. D. x 2
Pre-chorus
Em
I want to love you and more
Am
I want to find you and more
C. G
where do you reside
Bm. C
when you hide how can I find ya
Em
cause I wanna save you and more
Am
I wanna tempt you and more
C. G. Bm. C
can you tell that I am alive let me prove it
G. Em
You and I we're the same
C. D
live and die we're the same
G. Em
you rejoice I complain
C. D
but you and I we're the same
G. Em
live and die we're the same
C. D
you and I we're the same
G. Em
hear my voice know my name
C
you and I
D
you and I
G. C. G
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3. Winter In My Heart
Tuning: EADGBE
Tabbed By: Johncoyne
A
It must be Winter in my heart,
A C#m
There's nothing warm in there at all.
C#m Bm
I've missed the Summer and the Spring,
D A
The floating yellow leaves of fall.
A
A million colors fill my eyes,
C#m
The roman candles and the stars.
C#m Bm
calendar says July Fourth,
D A
But it's still Winter in my heart.
A C#m D A
they say flowers bloom in spring,
F#m A D E
Red and gold and blue and pink.
A C#m D A
They say seasons turn in time,
F#m A D E
theirs are changing why won't mine.
A
It must be winter in my heart,
A C#m
there's nothing warm in there at all.
C#m Bm
I've missed the Summer and the Spring,
D A
The floating yellow leaves of fall.
A
The air in there is frigid cold,
A C#m
I don't know what the reasons are.
C#m Bm
Calendar says August One,
D A
But it's still Winter in My Heart.
Theremin (?) Solo
A - C#m - Bm - D
A C#m D A
they say flowers bloom in spring,
F#m A D E
Red and gold and blue and pink.
A C#m D A
They say seasons turn in time,
F#m A D E
theirs are changing why won't mine.
A
It must be Winter in my heart,
A F#m
It must be Winter in my heart,
F#m A
It must be Winter in my heart,
A F#m
It must be Winter in my heart,
A
I don't know what the reasons are,
A F#m
It must be Winter in my heart,
F#m A
It must be Winter in my heart,
A F#m
It must be Winter in my heart,
F#m A
I don't know what the reasons are,
A F#m
It must be Winter in my heart,
F#m A
It must be Winter in my heart,
End on F#m.
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4. Pretty Girl From Michigan
Tuning: EADGBE
Tabbed By: Johncoyne
C Em
Can you not see what you've done?
F G
You gave your heart away like that.
C Em
I didn't want to fall in love,
F G
with anyone but you, dear.
C Em
I can still hear the song,
F G
the melody behind the kiss,
C Em
you gave me, you were wrong,
F G
I was right so I walked away,
C Em
and left you there, alone,
F G
I got so tired of talking on the
C Em
telephone,
F G
how many times would we say the words, "Good bye?"
RIFF*
C Em
I made mistakes, and one,
F G
was telling you that I'd be there when
C Em
telling time (?) had come,
F G
I should have said I didn't care.
C Em
All the time I would have saved,
F G
If I had been less willing
C Em
to accommodate,
F G
you'd been a little less likely to cry.
RIFF*
Am G
You go back to the high life,
Am G
and I'll go back to the low.
F
I should have known,
G
But now I know.
C Em
There'll be no word from you,
F G
describing how it felt to go through
C Em
what I put you through
F G
It all makes perfect sense
C Em
the way you cut the rope
F G
that kept you dangling from such
C Em
pitiful amounts of hope,
F G
I would have cut it, too.
RIFF
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5. I Never Knew You
Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 2
Tabbed By: horsescreamer
INTRO
D G
CHORUS
G D
Well I guess it's kinda funny how
G C
I loved you so way back when.
G D
You say I wouldn't know you now,
C D G
Well I didn't even know you then.
Em
We take (we take)
Bm
A lot (A lot)
C G
And no one here can stop
Em
That train (that train)
Bm
Before (before)
C G
It gets to where it's goin'.
D
And aaaahhh
CHORUS
G D
Well I guess it's kinda funny how
G C
I loved you so way back when.
G D
You say I wouldn't know you now,
C D G
Well I didn't even know you then.
Em
I heard (I heard)
Bm
About (about)
C G
The company you're keeping
Em
And from (and from)
Bm
Someone (someone)
C G
Who didn't have much interest
D
In keeping us apart.
CHORUS
G D
Well I guess it's kinda funny how
G C
I loved you so way back when.
G D
You say I wouldn't know you now,
C D G
Well I didn't even know you then.
Em Bm Em Am Em
And so I go out friday night and talk to anyone I can.
Bm Em C
If they can see me they can hear me run my mouth.
Em Bm Em Am
I tell them all I'd love to see you once again
Em G Am
Or maybe just run into you hanging out,
D
Hanging out.
Em
You know (you know)
Bm
I lie (I lie)
C G
So it comes as no surprise
Em
When I (When I)
Bm
Can't hide (Can't hide)
C D
Don't really want to reunite.
Chorus
G D
Well I guess it's kinda funny how
G C
I loved you so way back when.
G D
You say I wouldn't know you now,
C D G
Well I didn't even know you then.
G D
Well I guess it's kinda funny how
G C
I loved you so way back when.
G D
You say I wouldn't know you now,
C D G
Well I didn't even know you then.
C D G
No, I didn't even know you then.
C D G
No, I didn't even know you then.
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6. February Seven
Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 4
Tabbed By: agentguerry
Intro: C C/B C/A G F G X2
Verse:
C C/B C/A G F G
I went on the search for something true
C C/B C/A G F G
I was almost there when I found you
C C/B C/A G
Sooner then my fate was wrote
F G
A perfect blade, it slit my throat
C C/B C/A G F G
And beads of lust released into the air
F G
When I awoke you were standing there
Break: C C/B C/A G F G X2
Verse:
C C/B C/A G F G
I was on the mend when I fell through
C C/B C/A G F G
The sky around was anything but blue
C C/B C/A G
I found as I regained my feet
F G
A wound across my memory
C C/B C/A G F G
That no amount of stitches would repair
F G
But I awoke and you were standing there
Break: C G/B F G X2
Chorus:
C C/B C/A G F G
There's no fortune at the end of the road that has no end
C C/B C/A
There's no returning to the spoils
G F G
Once you've spoiled the thought of them
C C/B C/A
There's no falling back asleep
G F G
Once you've wakened from the dream
C C/B C/A G
Now I'm rested and I'm ready,
F G
I'm rested and I'm ready to begin
C C/B C/A G F G
I'm ready to begin
Break: C C/B C/A G F G
Verse:
C C/B C/A G F G
I went on the search for something real
C C/B C/A G F G
Traded what I know for how I feel
C C/B C/A G
But the ceiling and the walls collapsed
F G
Upon the darkness I was trapped
C C/B C/A G F G
And as the last of breath was drawn from me
F G
The light broke in and brought me to my feet
Break: C C/B C/A G F G
Chorus:
C C/B C/A G F G
There's no fortune at the end of the road that has no end
C C/B C/A
There's no returning to the spoils
G F G
Once you've spoiled the thought of them
C C/B C/A
There's no falling back asleep
G F G
Once you've wakened from the dream
C C/B C/A G
Now I'm rested and I'm ready,
F G
I'm rested and I'm ready
C C/B C/A G
Yeah I'm rested and I'm ready
F G
I'm rested and I'm ready
C C/B C/A G
Yeah I'm rested and I'm ready
F G
I'm rested and I'm ready
N.C.
To begin
Break: C G/B F
G C
I'm ready to begin.
End: C C/B C/A G F G C
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7. Through My Prayers
Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 3
Tabbed By: lanster47
intro
e-----3h5h3-------------------------------------------------------------|
B--3p5-----55h3---------------------------------------------------------|
G-5--------------2/4/2-5-2h0--------------------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
e-----3h5h3--------------5h3--------------------------------------------|
B--3p5-----55h3---------------------------------------------------------|
G-5--------------2/4/2-5------------------------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
(Verse pattern)
C G
Hard to believe I won't see you again
Am Em7
We were just fighting when winter began
F G C G
The coldness of our words competing with the wind from the north.
C G
Still they make me shiver but in a very different way
Am Em7
The pages of the calendar kept turning away
F G C G
I have some better words now but it's too late to say them to you.
My dream of all dreams and my hope of all hopes
Is only to tell you and make sure you know
How much I love you and how much I always did.
And yes I know you loved me, I can see it in your eyes
And it was in your struggle and it was in your mind
And it was in the smile you gave me when I was a kid
(Chorus)
C Am G
Feels like no one understands
C Am G
And now my only chance
F G C Em7 Am
To talk to you is through my prayers.
F G C
I only wanted to tell you I cared
(Verse pattern)
Every night after and every day since,
I found myself crying when the memory hit.
Sometimes it knocks me down, sometimes I just put it away.
Down in my mind where I don't care to go
The pain of a lesson is letting me know
If you have love in your heart let it show while you can
Yes now I understand
But now my only chance
To talk to you is through my prayers.
I only wanted to tell you I cared.
I only wanted to tell you I cared.
(Outro Repeat intro rift)
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8. Down With the Shine
Tuning: EADGBE
Tabbed By: Unregistered & Macheeoo
Chorus:
G Am C D
Down with the shine the perfect shine that poisons the well and ruins my mind
G Am C D G
I get took for a ride every time down with a glistening shine
Verse 1:
G Am C
It's in with the new; out with the old; out with the warm and
D
in comes the cold
G Am C D G
It's the most predictable story told ... in with the young out with the old
Chorus:
G Am C D
Down with the shine the perfect shine that poisons the well and ruins my mind
G Am C D G
I get took for a ride every time down with a glistening shine
Verse 2:
G Am C D G
A belly full of high dollar wine... a fat hand a fat wallet too
G Am C
Things change and get strange with the movement of time - it's happening
D G
right now to you
Chorus:
G Am C D
Down with the shine the perfect shine that poisons the well and ruins my mind
G Am C D G
I get took for a ride every time down with a glistening shine
Bridge
D D7 G
It's a real bad time to bring up the truth
D D7 G
Tough we searched we found no fountain of youth
B7
Not in Spain
Em B7 C D D7
No where near - any where close to here
Verse 3:
G Am
Nothings good because nothing lasts
C D
And all that comes it comes here to pass
G Am
I would voice my pain but the change wouldn't last
C D G
All that comes it comes here to pass
Chorus:
G Am C D
Down with the shine the perfect shine that poisons the well and ruins my mind
G Am C D G
I get took for a ride every time down with a glistening shine
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9. A Father's First Spring
Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 4
Tabbed By: Unregistered
INTRO
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---4h5-4-0--4h5-4-0--4h5-4-0-4---0-4h5-4-0-4h5-4-0-4-----------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-0-2/4-2-0-2--0-2-4-2-0----2-----------------------------------|
D|-------------------------2-------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--5-4-5/7-5-4-2-0----------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
VERSE
G
Sweetest surrender of winter
G
She put up her flag, it is waving
Am G
The thunder of summer is rumbling in
G
And I haven't seen you in days
G
And my, how that feeling has changed
Am G
Oh, I have been homesick for you since we met
Am
I have been homesick for you
INTRO
VERSE
G
I've got to take to the sky
G
And I'll tell you what that means for you and I
Am G
If I die it's for you
Am G
If I die it's for you
C G
I never lived 'til I lived in your light
Am C D
And my heart never beat like it does at the sight
C G
Of you baby blue, God blessed your life
Am C G
I do not live 'less I live in your light
Am C G
I do not live 'less I live in your light
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---4h5-4-0--4h5-4-0--4h5-4-0-4---0-4h5-4-0-4h5-4-0-4-----------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G
The realest thing I ever felt
G
Was the blood on the floor and the love in your yell
Am G
I was a child before
Am
The day that I met Eleanor
SOLO
e|--2/3-----2------------------3/5----3--------------------------|
B|------3-0---3-------------------5-1---3------------------------|
G|--------------2-2/4----0-----------------4-5---4h5p4/2p0-------|
D|-------------------------4-------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--2/3-----2------------------3/5----3--------------------------|
B|------3-0---3-------------------5-1---3------------------------|
G|--------------2-2/4----0-----------------4-5-4-5-7-5-4-0-------|
D|-------------------------4-------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G
Kiss of the wind in the hill
The clearness of morning, the late evening thrill
Am G
Blurry and gray like the roar
Am G
The wheels on the highway, above them I soar
G
When I'm in the sweet daughter's eyes
G
My heart is now ruined for the rest of all time
Am G
There's no part of it left to give
Am G
There's no part of it left to give
C G
I never lived 'til I lived in your light
Am C D
And my heart never beat like it does at the sight
C G
Of you baby blue, God blessed your life
Am C G
I do not live 'less I live in your light
Am C G
I do not live 'less I live in your light
Am C G
I do not live
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---4h5-4-0-4h5-4-0-4h5-4-0-4-----------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
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10.Geraldine
Tuning: EADGBE
Tabbed By: Interivan7
Intro:
F Bb x3
f...... here you play an f chord following the rythim on the song.
verse:
F Bb
I come from a place
F
Where every name
Bb
And every place
F Bb
Seem so familiar
F Bb
In came this progress
In her black dress
Look at the mess
She is a killer
F Bb
chorus:
C
Much like you and I
Bb
And every case that's made
F Bb
There has to be a traitor
F Bb
verse:
F
It's me this time
Bb F
And I'm trading fun for right
Bb F Bb
Will I regret the notion later?
f-f-f. (here you play the f note as sounds at the intro)
Geraldine's the name that comes to mind
When I go back to reminiscing
Abilene's a woman for my childhood
I spent the evenings kissing
F Bb
chorus:
C Bb
I'm a fool for treating her alive
F Bb
And loving something cold and rocky
F Bb
verse:
The homophobic gentlemen
They'll barricade but their efforts couldn't stop me
chorus:
C
In came this progress
Bb
In her black dress
Look at the mess
F Bb
She is a killer
F Bb
C
In came this progress
Bb
In her black dress
Look at the mess
F Bb
She is a killer
F Bb
C
In came this progress
Bb
In her black dress
Look at the mess
F Bb
She is a killer
F Bb
Oh-oh
F Bb
oh-oh
F Bb
oh-oh
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11.Paul Newman Vs. The Demons
Tuning: EADGBE
Tabbed By: Macheeoo
Tuning: Standard
Intro: (faint barred acoustic guitar)
C B Em B
e|----8-----7-----7-----7------|
B|----8-----7-----8-----7------|
G|----9-----8-----9-----8------|
D|----10----9-----9-----9------|
A|----10----9-----7-----9------|
E|----8-----7-----X-----7------|
Verse: Electric Guitar part
C B Em B
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---33-333-33-333---22-222-22-222---77-777-77-777---22-222-22-222-------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| x4
Acoustic Guitar verse
C B
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------8----8---------8----8--------7---7---7---7-8-7-----------------------|
G|-----9----9----9----9----9----9---8---8---8----------8---------------------|
D|---10---10---10---10---10---10---9---9---9---9---------9-------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Em B
e|-----7---7-------7---7-----------------------------------------------------|
B|----8---8---8---8---8---8----------7---7---7----7-8-7----------------------|
G|---9---9---9---9---9---9----------8---8---8-----------8--------------------|
D|---------------------------------9---9---9---9----------9------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus: Electric Guitar part 1
Em A B
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|---2---7---9-------------------2---|
A|---2---7---9-------------------2---|
E|---0---5---7---7-8-7-5-7-5-3-2-0---| x2
Chorus: Electric Guitar part 2
Em B C G F#
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|---2---9---10--5-4-----------------|
A|---2---9---10--5-4-----------------|
E|---0---7---8---3-2-----------------| x2
Repeat Verse
Repeat Chorus
Repeat Quite Verse
Repeat LOUD Chorus
Lyrics:
You may have to drag me away from my demons
Kicking and screaming
It's been so long now, I've been with them
Don't know where they stop and I begin
We draw a line in the sand
Will you cross it? Oh, will you die for this?
Got nothing to tell you that you don't
Through your sadness below, already know
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Live through the past again
How many times must I live through the past again?
No more
Truth beyond truth and by our design
It is very fine like Newman's wine
Oh, to be like him and walk a path
To lend a hand, do something worth a damn
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Live through the past again
How many times must I live through the past again?
No more, wait
You may have to drag me away from my demons
Kicking and screaming
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Live through the past again
How many times must I live through the past again?
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12.Life
Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 4
Tabbed By: darkhorse09
Intro: G D Em C (Repeat once)
G D Em C
One comes of it, love it, love it
G D Em C
Let go of it, love comes from it
G D Em C
We're not of this world for long.
G D Em C
Faith and promise keep me honest
G D Em C
When starvation, falls upon us
G D Em C
Daylight told me he would be.
G D Em C
G D Em C
Gone with cold words, spoke among hers
G D Em C
Wretched is the tongue of their world
G D Em C
We're not of that world at all
G D Em
We will never be.
Cm G D Em
Wouldn't it be fine to stand
Bm C G D
behind the words we say in the best of times?
G D Em
Oh and you and I know all too well
Bm C G Bm C D
about the hell and paradise right here on Earth.
G D
Keep it use it
Em C
Build it move it
G D Em C
Flames can't touch how time will prove it
G D Em C
Watch us fly as loud as we can
G D
Let her heart beat
Em C D
Change what I am now.
C G D Em
Wouldn't it be fine to stand
Bm C G D
behind the words we say in the best of times?
G D Em
Oh and you and I know all too well
Bm C G Bm C
about the hell and paradise right here on Earth.
Cm G
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