C5 Ever consider From boiling water the residue? A sea full of people But after the action who's left with you? F5 They're standing on others. You're standing on hope to see you through. C5 The atmosphere's waning They stand on your toes they breathe with you C5 E5 F5 With virgin eye and heart of cold C5 I swear it's not the way I thought it would be E5 F5 With heart of cold and mind of child C5 I swear it's not the way I thought it would be C5 And of the others? Fools in a glass house throwing stones Delusions of lacking Unless one can top it leave it alone F5 A no - alee dream place Where waves in my blood crash violent tone C5 And after all effort The pain and the rain claim you their own C5 E5 F5 With virgin eye and heart of cold C5 I swear it's not the way I thought it would be E5 F5 With heart of cold and mind of child G5 I swear it's not the way I thought it would be F (with heavy palm muting) C5 E5 F5 With virgin eye and heart of cold and mind of child C5 I swear it's not the way I thought it would be E5 F5 With mind of child and heart of cold C5 E5 * E5 F5 I swear it's not the way I thought it would be F5 C5 E5 * E5 F5 Not the way I thought it would be F5 C5 E5 * E5 F5 Not the way I thought it would be F5 C5 E5 * E5 F5 Not the way I thought it would be C5 E5 F5 With virgin eye and heart of cold and mind of child C5 I swear it's not the way I thought it would be E5 F5 With mind of child and heart of cold C5 I swear it's not the way I thought it would be C5 E5 F5 With virgin eye and heart of cold C5 I swear it's not the way I thought it would be E5 F5 With heart of cold and mind of child C5 I swear it's not the way I thought it would be *The bass plays Eb here, so it sounds slightly strange. If you don't have a bassist playing with you, you could play it as Em/Eb or just Eb if you want.