This is a fun song to play. It's got an interesting structure but the chords are very simple. Standard tuning - No Capo See below for chorus and chords C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1) Well! D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) CDidn't (x32010@1)you look sharp in your boots when you met me on the path? Oh D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) CTwo (x32010@1)tone to downtown Beirut but only half way back. Oh Em (022000@1) G* Stealing bits of wisdom from the shelf Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) DTurned (xx0232@1)prisons into prisms on the self. Oh Oh D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) CAnd (x32010@1)what do they know about the spring time of me and you? Ooh D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) CBorn (x32010@1)in the midst of the long hot summer we lived through. Ooh Em (022000@1) G* Did they see you run for every rhyme? Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) DDid (xx0232@1)we run for running out of time? Oh Oh Chorus: When even heroes have to die No one lives forever, love And no one's wise to try D5 (xx023x@1) E5Oh (022xxx@1)oh oh Ah ah ah D5 (xx023x@1) E5Oh (022xxx@1)oh oh Ah ah ah etc. Play D5 / E5 through the solo Em (022000@1) G* Adding our own wisdom to the shelf Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) DStealing (xx0232@1)bits of paper, we had health. Oh Oh D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) CWorking (x32010@1)away did we miss the passing of the time? Oh D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) CIn (x32010@1)your own flame you can wither, but your passions still outshine. Oh Em (022000@1) G* Did you read the writing on the wall? Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) DProphesying (xx0232@1)a doom upon us all. Oh Oh Chorus: That even heroes have to die No one lives forever, love And no one's wise to try D5 (xx023x@1) E5Oh (022xxx@1)oh oh Ah ah ah D5 (xx023x@1) E5Oh (022xxx@1)oh oh Ah ah ah etc. Em (022000@1) G* But hidden in the writing on the wall Em (022000@1) CMany (x32010@1)are the beauties of the fall. Chords Used Em 022000 G 3x0033 C x32010 D xx0232 D5 xx023x E5 xx245x * = Arpeggio The guitar part in the hook goes as follows: e|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| B|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| G|---------------------------------| D|---------------------------------| A|---------------------------------| E|---------------------------------| x8 "when even heroes have to die..." The solo starts out something like - Hope someone with a better ear can get the rest of it posted! :D e|--------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------------| D|--7h9-----7-7-------7h9--7------------------------------| A|----------------------------9---7---5-------------------| E|---------------------------------------7----------------|