xI know OLP usually plays a half step down, but this is the standard tuning
version. If you want to do it with their tuning you could always just shift
everything a half step up, I guess.
Intro:
G#m B A E x2
Verse 1:
G#m B
Mother, will you think of me in your prayers?
A E
This 21st century is a mess
G#m
Oh you can try and fix it
B
But it breaks
A
Oh you can try and love it
E
But it hates
F#
Oh it hates
Chorus:
G#m
This is for everything we had
B
It's the good and it's the bad
F#
It's the state of love and trust
C#m
And this is for you
E
And this is for us
Verse 2:
G#m B
And father, will you comfort me if I call?
A
This crazy world has lost it's mind
E
It's our fault
G#m
Oh you can try and straighten it
B
It turns, it turns, it turns
A
Oh you can try and smother it
E
But it burns
F#
Oh it burns
Chorus:
G#m
This is for everything we had
B
It's the good and it's the bad
F#
It's the state of love and trust
C#m
And this is for you
E
And this is for us
Post-Chorus:
B
Oh will you break my fall
G#m
Oh when I climb too high?
E
I always lose my nerve
F#
It happens every time
B
Oh will you bring me home
G#m
Oh when I'm barely alive
F#
It's the state of love and trust
C#m
And this is for you
E
And this is for us
Solo/interlude:
F# Ebm E
F# Ebm E
Chorus:
(softly)
G#m
This is for everything we had
B
It's the good and it's the bad
A
It's the state of love and trust
C#m
And this is for you
E
And this is for us
Post-Chorus:
B
Oh will you break my fall
G#m
Oh when I climb too high?
E
I always lose my nerve
F#
It happens every time
B
Oh will you bring me home
G#m
Oh when I'm barely alive
F#
It's the state of love and trust
C#m
And this is for you
E
And this is for us
C#m
And this is for you
E
And this is for us
C#m
This is for you
E
This is for us
B(let it ring)
This is for us
