How To Explain
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Tabbed by Damsk1849

I'm pretty sure a lot of this is right. 
  I'm least certain about the end of the chorus
"music is the language of us all" bit, so if
anyone that knows better would like to email me
that'd be cool: jazzman_law@hotmail.com
(I don't consider to be a jazzman of any sort,
I made that address when I was 12)

Chords:
C:   8 10 10 9 8 8
Bb:  6 8 8 7 6 6
A7:  5 7 5 6 5 5
Gm:  3 5 5 3 3 3
F:   1 3 3 2 1 1
Dm:  x 5 7 7 6 5
F7:  1 3 1 2 1 1
Dm*: x x 0 2 3 1 
C*:  x 3 2 0 1 0

(Trumpet Intro)

C Bb A7

A7When (x02020@1)a room becomes an altar

And what beast that must exist 
              BbIt (x1333x@1)flies with music from our lips 
             Gm (355333@1)      
And steals a kiss and blows it 
Bb (x1333x@1)         A7Out (x02020@1)into the mist 
(A7)
Where castles stand on cliffs

And cobbled streets they wind and drift 
              BbAnd (x1333x@1)moods are made and set but shift 
                 GmThis (355333@1)place where skies are low 
Bb (x1333x@1)          A7And (x02020@1)birds are big

(A7)
We went to sleep in day

And woke again the same day 
        BbWe (x1333x@1)have learned to cheat the time 
             GmAnd (355333@1)find the hours 
         Bb (x1333x@1)          A7That (x02020@1)the clocks cannot define 
(A7)
As I looked up from that stage 
                               BbI (x1333x@1)felt the thing that had been made

And how it raged 
           GmAnd (355333@1)how it raged

Chorus
         BbHow (x1333x@1)to explain?

Something makes me howl 
    CAnd (x32010@1)shiver to the core 
      FAh (133211@1)outside if it was raining 
       Bb (x1333x@1)              CThen (x32010@1)inside there'd be a storm 
            DmWe've (xx0231@1)got a pair of hands for climbing 
      Bb (x1333x@1)             CAnd (x32010@1)a pair of knees to spring 
      FAnd (133211@1)a pair of balls for strength 
      Bb (x1333x@1)             CAnd (x32010@1)a pair of lungs to sing 
          F7And (131241@1)these simple chords 
          Bb (x1333x@1)         Dm (xx0231@1)           CThat (x32010@1)say: music is the language of us all

Trumpet Break
Dm*  C*  Gm x3
Dm  C

C Bb A7

(A7)
To write these songs is to be written

Ah the chorus always knows 
           BbWhat (x1333x@1)is in store 
                                GmAnd (355333@1)what is more the thing that sings us 
       Bb (x1333x@1)                A7Is (x02020@1)the thing that makes us roar 
(A7)
I felt that beast 'kisso my neck

We clapped our hands 
               BbAnd (x1333x@1)heard them spread 
                          GmThere (355333@1)was a trumpet and a call 
          Bb (x1333x@1)                   A7A (x02020@1)pack of Spaniards screamed for more

Music is the language of us all

Music is the language of us all 
                            A7Music (x02020@1)is the language of us all

Music is the language of us all

Trumpet Break II
Dm*  C*  Gm x(many)
Dm*  C*

Chorus
(C)       BbI (x1333x@1)find it hard to speak emotional 
    CCos (x32010@1)these things are the things that 
              FCan't (133211@1)be said

And when it's struck it strikes 
    Bb (x1333x@1)            CThe (x32010@1)memory from our heads 
DmOnce (xx0231@1)I wrote to play's 
      Bb (x1333x@1)           CTo (x32010@1)be immortal for a night 
       F (133211@1)
And despite the unknown hours 
          BbSomething (x1333x@1)happens 
         C (x32010@1)                 F7When (131241@1)the light turns out the lights

Then we fade and yawn 
   Bb (x1333x@1)             Dm (xx0231@1)           C (x32010@1)              
To music that's the language of us all