Key: F#, same key to their old song WHITE SPARROWS
Tuning: Standard eADGBe
Intro:
Silence: Eb5 - C#5 - B5 - Bb5 - Ab5 - F#-
Bb(hold)
Distortion: Eb5 C#5 B5 Bb5 F5 E5
Verse 1:
Eb5
Time drifts through the sky
C#5
Without a reason why
B5
We walk past the flowers
Don't stop for a breath
Bb5
Until they're above our heads
F5 E5 Eb5
We used to fight
Have we made amends?
C#5
Father I just can't tell
B5
Watching you spent
the time you have left
Bb5
Trapped in a cold blue bed
Refrain 1:
F5 E5 Eb5
In darkness we'll rest
Count the days down
C#5
to one last breath
B5
In darkness we'll rest
Bb5
So forgive what you can't forget
Verse 2:
F5 E5 Eb5
We said that we would call
C#5
But we never spoke at all
B5
The years drifted by
We've built up these
walls For reasons
Bb5
that seem so small
F5 E5 Eb5
If this is the end
let's bury the past
This might be our
C#5
one last chance
B5
Together until the
last grain of sand
Has dropped from
Bb5
the hourglass
Chorus:
B5 C#5 F#5
So o-pen your eyes
Open your eyes and
C#5
don't forget to pray
B5
If we lose the fight
Bb5 Ab5
If we lose the fight
your spirit will
Eb5 C#5 F#5 C#5
live through me
F#5
It's time we make right
It's time we make right
C#5
the pages of history
B5
Until we find
Bb5 Ab5
Until we find
Eb5 C#5 F#5
a cure for the e--
C#5
--nemy
Interlude: Ebm--C#--B--Bb--F-E
Bridge:
Eb5
All those you've loved
All those who've died
C#5
All we have left is what
lives in our minds
B5
All those you've loved
All those who've died
Bb5
I know their spirits
F5 E5
are up in the sky
Eb5
All those you've loved
All those who've died
C#5
All we have left is what
lives in our minds
B5
All those you've loved
All those who've died
Bb5
I know their spirits
F5 E5
are up in the sky
(Repeat Chorus)
Refrain 2:
F5 E5 Eb5
In darkness we'll rest
Count the days down
C#5
to one last breath
B5
In darkness we'll rest
Bb5 F5 E5
So forgive what you can't forget
Eb5
All those you've loved
All those who've died
C#5
All we have left is what
lives in our minds
B5
All those you've loved
All those who've died
Bb5
I know their spirits
F5 E5
are up in the sky
F5 E5 Ebm(hold)
In darkness we'll rest
Ian sings in backup:
In darkness we'll rest
Count the days down
to one last breath
In darkness we'll rest
So forgive what
you can't forget