Transcribed by Robin Young
Note: The way that the chords are played varies a lot. There are different
inversions in the verses (C-/G, Eb/Bb, Eb/G) as well as chords being played
without thirds (C-5, Ab5, Eb5). It wouldn?t be possible to articulate all of these
differences from line to line, but it?s a cool sound to vary it up sometimes.
INTRO:
C- Ab5 Eb5 (2x)
VERSE 1:
C-
Two centuries
Ab5 Eb5
Since I first saw you weave
C- Ab5 Eb5
Like a dance around my heart
C-
You grew wild when it rained
Ab5 Eb5
I dug deep into the slate
C- Ab5 Eb5
So we?d never be apart
CHORUS:
Bb5 Ab5 Eb5
You, you always stayed by me
Bb5 Ab5 Eb5
You, you wander but never leave
C- Bb5 Ab5 Eb5
And I?m the one who watches over you
F-7
That?s what I was built to do
C- Ab5 Eb5 (2x)
VERSE 2:
C-
Laid the track, poured the streets
Ab5 Eb5
Ties of glass and concrete
C- Ab5 Eb5 Eb5 Eb5
In silence, you watched what I became
C-
You lifted me up
Ab5 Eb5
Said I?d stand at the top
Eb5 C- Ab5 Eb5
And all the world would know my name
(CHORUS)
BRIDGE:
F-7 Eb5 Bb5 (2x)
F-7 Eb5
Love, don?t you weep
Bb5
You know we cannot keep
F-7 Eb5 Bb5
This moment here together
F-7 Eb5
If you could only see
Bb5
The beauty that I see
F-7 Eb5 Bb5
We?d go on forever
VERSE 3:
C-
And as I turn to rust
Ab5 Eb5
Start to crack, betray us
C- Ab5 Eb5
You, you haven?t aged a day
C-
When it?s time for me to go
Ab5 Eb5
Promise me that you?ll flow
Eb5 C- Ab5 Eb5
Until the ocean washes you away
CHORUS:
Bb5 Ab5 Eb5
You, you always stayed by me
Bb5 Ab5 Eb5
You, you wander but never leave
C- Bb5 Ab5 Eb5
And I?m the one who watches over you
C- Bb5 Ab5 Eb5
I?m the one who watches over you
C- Bb5 Ab5 Eb5
I?m the one who watches over you
F-7
That?s what I was built to do
C- Ab5 Eb5