C
Ever consider
From boiling water the residue?
A sea full of people
But after the action who's left with you?
F
They're standing on others.
You're standing on hope to see you through.
C
The atmosphere's waning
They stand on your toes they breathe with you
C Em F
With virgin eye and heart of cold
C
I swear it's not the way I thought it would be
Em F
With heart of cold and mind of child
C
I swear it's not the way I thought it would be
C
And of the others?
Fools in a glass house throwing stones
Delusions of lacking
Unless one can top it leave it alone
F
A no - alee dream place
Where waves in my blood crash violent tone
C
And after all effort
The pain and the rain claim you their own
C Em F
With virgin eye and heart of cold
C
I swear it's not the way I thought it would be
Em F
With heart of cold and mind of child
G
I swear it's not the way I thought it would be
F (with heavy palm muting)
C Em F
With virgin eye and heart of cold and mind of child
C
I swear it's not the way I thought it would be
Em F
With mind of child and heart of cold
C Em* Em F
I swear it's not the way I thought it would be
F C Em* Em F
Not the way I thought it would be
F C Em* Em F
Not the way I thought it would be
F C Em* Em F
Not the way I thought it would be
C Em F
With virgin eye and heart of cold and mind of child
C
I swear it's not the way I thought it would be
Em F
With mind of child and heart of cold
C
I swear it's not the way I thought it would be
C Em F
With virgin eye and heart of cold
C
I swear it's not the way I thought it would be
Em F
With heart of cold and mind of child
C
I swear it's not the way I thought it would be
*The bass plays Eb here, so it sounds slightly strange. If you
don't have a bassist playing with you, you could play it as
Em/Eb or just Eb if you want.
