I put a capo on the first fret, but it sounds fine anywhere.
Also, each chord is played for about two measures, so a total of 8 beats.
G D
There are moments that the words don't reach
Em
There is suffering too terrible to name
C
You hold your child as tight as you can
G
And push away the unimaginable
D
The moments when you're in so deep
Em
It feels easier to just swim down
C
The Hamiltons move uptown
G
And learn to live with the unimaginable
D
I spend hours in the garden
Em
I walk alone to the store
C
And it's quiet uptown
G
I never liked the quiet before
D
I take the children to church on Sunday
Em
A sign of the cross at the door
C
And I pray
G
That never used to happen before
If you see him in the street
D
Walking by himself, talking to himself
Em
Have pity
C
Phillip, you would like it uptown, it's quiet uptown
G
He is working through the unimaginable
His hair has gone gray
D
He passes every day
Em
They say he walks the length of the city
C
You knock me out, I fall apart
G
Can you imagine?
Look at where we are
D
Look at where we started
Em
I know I don't deserve you, Eliza
C
But hear me out, that would be enough
G
If I could spare his life
D Em
If I could trade his life for mine
C
He'd be standing here right now
And you would smile
G
And that would be enough
D Em
I don't pretend to know the challenges we're facing
C
I know there's no replacing what we've lost
G
And you need time
D
But I'm not afraid
I know who I married
Em C
Just let me stay here by your side
G
That would be enough
If you see him in the street
D
Walking by her side
Talking by her side
Em
Have pity
Eliza, do you like it uptown
C
It's quiet uptown
G
He is trying to do the unimaginable
D
See them walking in the park, long after dark
Em
Taking in the sights of the city
C
Look around, look around, Eliza
G
They are trying to do the unimaginable
D
There are moments that the words don't reach
Em
There is a grace too powerful to name
C
We push away what we can never understand
G
We push away the unimaginable
D
They are standing in the garden
Em
Alexander by Eliza's side
C
She takes his hand
G
It's quiet uptown
D
Forgiveness
Can you imagine?
Em C
Forgiveness
Can you imagine?
G
If you see him in the street
D
Walking by her side
Talking by her side
Em
Have pity
C G*(one stroke)
They are going through the unimaginable
