Tabbed by: Justin

Tuning:Standard

Couldn't find a lot of Church tabs anywhere so I thought I'd give it a go.  

Intro:
e | ----------------------------- |    x4
B | ----------------------------- |   
G | -----4----------4-----7-6-4-- | 
D | --------7----------7--------- | 
A | --5----------5--------------- | 
E | ----------------------------- | 

Verse: 
Chords:
   D5                             E5 minor
e | ----------------------------- | ----------------------------- | 
B | ----------------------------- | ----------------------------- | 
G | -----4----------4-----7-6-4-- | -----4----------4-----7-6-4-- | 
D | --------7----------7--------- | --------7----------7--------- | 
A | --5----------5--------------- | --7----------7--------------- | 
E | ----------------------------- | ----------------------------- | 

   G5                             D5
e | ----------------------------- | ----------------------------- | 
B | ----------------------------- | ----------------------------- | 
G | -----4----------4-----7-6-4-- | -----4----------4-----7-6-4-- | 
D | --5-----7----5-----7--------- | --------7----------7--------- | 
A | ----------------------------- | --5----------5--------------- | 
E | ----------------------------- | ----------------------------- | 

Repeat the above progression twice before he starts singing, and continue throughout the verse:

D5        E5      
Tell me, is everything unplanned?
G5                             D5      
It's all so unexpected that I just can't understand
D5                                E5
We run so hard and always end up in the same place
G5                                      D5
"Glad that went so smoothly" well that never is the case

Chorus:
  G5                             D5 
e | ----------------------------- | ----------------------------- | 
B | ----------------------------- | ----------------------------- | 
G | -----4----------4------------ | -----4----------4------------ | 
D | --5-----7----5-----7--------- | --------7----------7--------- | 
A | ----------------------------- | --5----------5--------------- | 
E | ----------------------------- | ----------------------------- | 
   One day                       Doubtless, cloudless, bright
                            (or maybe he says "the darkest cloud is bright")
  G5                             D5
e | ----------------------------- | ----------------------------- | 
B | ----------------------------- | ----------------------------- | 
G | -----4----------4------------ | -----4----------4------------ | 
D | --5-----7----5-----7--------- | --------7----------7--------- | 
A | ----------------------------- | --5----------5--------------- | 
E | ----------------------------- | ----------------------------- | 
  We'll shake away the shadows   of eternal night         It's

  C5                              G5
e | ----------------------------- | ----------------------------- | 
B | ----------------------------- | ----------------------------- | 
G | -----4----------4------------ | -----4----------4------------ | 
D | --------7----------7--------- | --5-----7----5-----7--------- | 
A | --7----------7--------------- | ----------------------------- | 
E | ----------------------------- | ----------------------------- | 
just the storm before the calm  Like the life held in your palm

  A5                             D5
e | ----------------------------- | ----------------------------- | 
B | ----------------------------- | ----------------------------- | 
G | -----4----------4------------ | -----4----------4------------ | 
D | --7-----7----7-----7--------- | --------7----------7--------- | 
A | ----------------------------- | --5----------5--------------- | 
E | ----------------------------- | ----------------------------- | 
  its clay                      one day


And then back to the verse: ( D5 E5 G5 D5 )

And you stand there, with ashes blowing past
Dipping into gilt-edged love that will be made at last
And the gold you spend and the hastening end
That you throw into the sea
Coming back a hundredfold, there's no guarantee

(and then back to the chorus)

(no guitar for this verse)
We'll walk and be like giants, we'll all be honest men
I go back to my blindness so that I may see again
A woman standing on a hill is gazing out to sea
Dreaming of a new age waiting there for me

( D5 E5 G5 D5 )
I call her from a distance and she smiles into the sun
And men and gods begin their dance, for their time has begun
And holy wars extended and battlefields of pain
Washed away, forgotten in the perfect rain
Princes, kings and humble things are well-worn and content
Messengers come everywhere, envoys have been sent
Na na na na, na na na na na
A palm tree nodded at me last night he said
'Hey you look so pale.'
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