[riff]
e|------0--------------------0-----------------------0-----------------------0-------|
B|--------0---0----------------0---0-------------------0---0---------------0---0---0-|
G|----0-----0--------------0-----0-----------------0-----0---------------0-------0---|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--3--------------------5-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------0---------------------0-------------|
[riff] (root note)
           (C)            (D)                 (E)     (E)
You're building a ship with no sails,
       (C)                 (D)                    (E)     (E)
And setting out to brave the open sea.
            (C)            (D)
You're standing before your God,
         (G)                         (D)
But becoming something so far off.
 (C)          (D)         [hold E]
Don't you see the irony?

[riff]
     (C)             (D)                (E)     (E)
He gave me a train with no tracks.
       (C)                (D)                     (E)      (E)
With no wood to build or burn for steam.
    (C)          (D)
Despite all I lack,
         (G)                 (D)
The fighter will now turn his back,
 (C)          (D)         [hold E]
Don't you see the irony?

C5If (x355xx@1)the blind can see You,
            D5And (xx023x@1)the lame can meet You,
                C5Would (x355xx@1)the dead embrace You,
                   C5 (x355xx@1)                D5If (xx023x@1)you never gave them the means to
  Embelieve? (022000@1)        C5 (x355xx@1)                D5 (xx023x@1)       EmAnd (022000@1)that makes no sense to me...

C5He (x355xx@1)gave me a voice that speaks out,
       D5But (xx023x@1)paired it with a mind that's filled
        Emwith (022000@1)doubt.
  C5 (x355xx@1)                D5 (xx023x@1)              G5If (355xxx@1)I'm to find the sun, I need something more than
 D5 (xx023x@1)                  C5 (x355xx@1)          D5 (xx023x@1)           Emsongs (022000@1)that pour, from this, cave of questioning.

C5 (x355xx@1)         D5 (xx023x@1)                EmGive (022000@1)me sand to build a home,
       C5 (x355xx@1)              D5 (xx023x@1)            EmAnd (022000@1)watch all the walls fall on me.

C5 (x355xx@1)                        D5I (xx023x@1)can't change what I am,
       G5 (355xxx@1)                       D5The (xx023x@1)lions always kill the lambs,
        C5 (x355xx@1)       D5 (xx023x@1)         EmBut (022000@1)don't you see the irony?
C5 (x355xx@1)           D5 (xx023x@1)        EmDon't (022000@1)you see the irony?

C5 (x355xx@1)         D5If (xx023x@1)the blind can see You,
            C5 (x355xx@1)          D5And (xx023x@1)the lame can meet You,
                C5 (x355xx@1)                 D5Would (xx023x@1)the dead embrace You,
                   C5 (x355xx@1)                D5If (xx023x@1)you never gave them the means to
  Embelieve? (022000@1)
C5 (x355xx@1)                D5 (xx023x@1)       EmAnd (022000@1)that makes no sense to me...
    C5 (x355xx@1)         D5Will (xx023x@1)I... embrace You? Will You
         C5 (x355xx@1)             D5 (xx023x@1)          EmEver (022000@1)give me the means to believe?
            C5 (x355xx@1)      D5...
Answer me, please...