Standard Tuning
Capo 2

C
Thank you for the invite
   F               C
To dance on golden streets
C
Leave the broken skyline
    F                C
And charcoal cloud debris
Dm             F                     C
I would likely join you if I weren't busy
    Dm            F               C
But tonight my confession list is long

        G                   F                   C
I will sit back, relax, and hold my head to the sun
G                    F                   C
Sit back, relax, and hold my head to the sun.

C
We will sing to thunder
F                 C
Clap as the earth shakes
C
Hug under a hurricane
      F                C
As we bypass the fiery lake

Dm             F                 C
I will read my scripture in Dostoevsky
Dm            F                C
Change my television to twenty three
       G                   F                         C
I will sit back, relax and wait for what's coming to me
G                   F                   C
Sit back, relax and hold my head to the sea.

F       C         G        C
We will leave our sails on trees
F     C              G      C
While chariots swing by the breeze
F        C       G      C
Lift our lamps unto the streets
    F       C         G        Dm
May all the kings and soldiers see

              F        G                C
Our lives are lonely enough without destruction
Dm                  F
Calm your cares and families
    G
And I will hold the morning for you

C                               F              C
Take the time for townships and classics to be read
C                                   F                C
Finding all the soft skin that will fit in a feather bed
Dm               F                   C
Let me spread my paper and sleep for centuries
    Dm                 F                  C
The door will be there if you choose to return
       G                   F                 C
I will sit back, relax and watch the mountaintops burn
G                   F                       C
Sit back, relax and wait for my voice to be heard.

F       C         G        C
We will leave our sails on trees
F     C              G      C
While chariots swing by the breeze
F        C       G      C
Lift our lamps unto the streets
    F       C         G        C
May all the kings and soldiers see

Dm                F        G                C
All our lives are lonely enough without destruction
Dm                  F
Calm your cares and families
    G             C
And be part of division
Dm                F        G                C
All our lives are lonely enough without destruction
Dm                  F
Calm your cares and families
    G
And I will hold the morning for you
    G                               C
And I will hold the morning for you