From the Back of a Broken Dream
Flogging Molly
From the Album, Float (2008)

Standard Tuning, No Capo


Intro
C F C Am
C F G
C F C Am
C G C

CAs (x32010@1)your soul drifts from the plate
F (133211@1)                         CTo (x32010@1)the floor where she is standing
CRising (x32010@1)by the fire
                        GFrom (320003@1)the torch you were burning
CMany (x32010@1)years but many tears
F (133211@1)                         CAnd (x32010@1)many more will soon be arriving

But i drink this final drop
F (133211@1)         G (320003@1)       CTo (x32010@1)enter your front door


GGone (320003@1)are the days 
        F (133211@1)            CWhen (x32010@1)I poured from the rain
GWhere (320003@1)once once marched a man 
        F (133211@1)            GGoing (320003@1)down life's drain
C (x32010@1)                       FOh (133211@1)in time in time you will see 
C (x32010@1)                 AmJust (x02210@1)what you mean to me
C (x32010@1)                   G (320003@1)  F (133211@1)     CFor (x32010@1)I have let an angel clip my wings


CCome (x32010@1)back young volunteer
F (133211@1)                   CFor (x32010@1)your war now it is over

Lay down your blackened gun
              GNot (320003@1)another bad word spoken
CCome (x32010@1)tell of all you've seen
         F (133211@1)                  CTo (x32010@1)the soul you're no longer killing

And rest your weary voice
         F (133211@1)    G (320003@1)       CThe (x32010@1)last battle song has cried


GGone (320003@1)are the days 
        F (133211@1)              CWhen (x32010@1)I poured from the rain
G (320003@1)                      
Where once once marched a man 
F (133211@1)                  GGoing (320003@1)down life's drain
C (x32010@1)                     FOh (133211@1)in time in time you will see 
C (x32010@1)                AmJust (x02210@1)what you mean to me
C (x32010@1)               F (133211@1)   G (320003@1)       CFor (x32010@1)I have let an angel clip my wings

F (133211@1)                   
Oh an angel clipped my wings 
CFrom (x32010@1)the back of a broken dream
F (133211@1)                                     GSo (320003@1)no ground need ever break my fall again
C (x32010@1)      F (133211@1)       C (x32010@1)   AmFor (x02210@1)i return to sing this tune 
F (133211@1)               G (320003@1)       CFrom (x32010@1)the back of a broken dream


F (133211@1)           GTime (320003@1)wont hurry back
C (x32010@1)          AmTime (x02210@1)wont stall
F (133211@1)          GTime (320003@1)to forget the past
C (x32010@1)                GBrush (320003@1)the cobwebs from the wall
C (x32010@1)         F (133211@1)        C (x32010@1)      Am (x02210@1)        
Oh for I survived to sing this tune 
F (133211@1)                G (320003@1)      CFrom (x32010@1)the back of a broken dream

FFor (133211@1)an angel clipped my wings 
           C (x32010@1)                   
From the back of a broken dream
C (x32010@1)                                    GSo (320003@1)no ground need ever break my fall again
C (x32010@1)       F (133211@1)    C (x32010@1)        AmFor (x02210@1)i return to sing this tune
F (133211@1)                 G (320003@1)       C (x32010@1)From the back of a broken dream


C (x32010@1)       F (133211@1)    C (x32010@1)        AmFor (x02210@1)i return to sing this tune
F (133211@1)                 G (320003@1)       C (x32010@1)From the back of a broken dream