Key: F#, same key to their old song WHITE SPARROWS
Tuning: Standard eADGBe
Intro:
Silence: Ebm - C# - B - Bbm - Abm - F#-
Bb(hold)
Distortion: Ebm C# B Bb F E
Verse 1:
Ebm
Time drifts through the sky
C#
Without a reason why
B
We walk past the flowers
Don't stop for a breath
Bb
Until they're above our heads
F E Ebm
We used to fight
Have we made amends?
C#
Father I just can't tell
B
Watching you spent
the time you have left
Bb
Trapped in a cold blue bed
Refrain 1:
F E Ebm
In darkness we'll rest
Count the days down
C#
to one last breath
B
In darkness we'll rest
Bb
So forgive what you can't forget
Verse 2:
F E Ebm
We said that we would call
C#
But we never spoke at all
B
The years drifted by
We've built up these
walls For reasons
Bb
that seem so small
F E Ebm
If this is the end
let's bury the past
This might be our
C#
one last chance
B
Together until the
last grain of sand
Has dropped from
Bb
the hourglass
Chorus:
B C# F#
So o-pen your eyes
Open your eyes and
C#
don't forget to pray
B
If we lose the fight
Bbm Abm
If we lose the fight
your spirit will
Ebm C#/F F# C#
live through me
F#
It's time we make right
It's time we make right
C#
the pages of history
B
Until we find
Bbm Abm
Until we find
Ebm C#/F F#
a cure for the e--
C#
--nemy
Interlude: Ebm--C#--B--Bb--F-E
Bridge:
Ebm
All those you've loved
All those who've died
C#
All we have left is what
lives in our minds
B
All those you've loved
All those who've died
Bb
I know their spirits
F E
are up in the sky
Ebm
All those you've loved
All those who've died
C#
All we have left is what
lives in our minds
B
All those you've loved
All those who've died
Bb
I know their spirits
F E
are up in the sky
(Repeat Chorus)
Refrain 2:
F E Ebm
In darkness we'll rest
Count the days down
C#
to one last breath
B
In darkness we'll rest
Bb F E
So forgive what you can't forget
Ebm
All those you've loved
All those who've died
C#
All we have left is what
lives in our minds
B
All those you've loved
All those who've died
Bb
I know their spirits
F E
are up in the sky
F E Ebm(hold)
In darkness we'll rest
Ian sings in backup:
In darkness we'll rest
Count the days down
to one last breath
In darkness we'll rest
So forgive what
you can't forget