This is NOT in the original key of the song. I cannot sing anywhere near as high
as Nate can, so I transposed it down 4 half steps.
When there is a C followed quickly by an F, they sometimes play the following riff:
C F
E---0------------------------------|
B---1------1-----------------------|
G---0----0--0----------------------|
D---2----------3-------------------|
A---3------------------------------|
E---x------------------------------|
[INTRO]
C F C F C F C F
[VERSE 1]
C F
Well I woke up to the sound of silence and guns
C F
were cutting like knives in a fist fight
C
And I found you with a bottle of wine
F C F
your head in the curtains and heart like the 4th of July
C
You swore and said we are not
Dm
we are not shining stars
Em
This i know
F
cause i never said we are
C
Though I've never been through hell like that
F C F
I've closed enough windows to know you can never look back
[CHORUS]
C F G
If you're lost and alone, or you're sinkin like a stone
C F G
Carry on
C F G
May your past be the sound of your feet upon the ground
C F G
Carry on
C F C F
Carry on carry on
[VERSE 2]
C F
So I met up with some friends at the edge of the night
C F
at a bar off seventy-five
C F
And we talked and talked about how our parents will die
C F
All our neighbors and wives
[PRE CHORUS]
C
But i'd like to think
Dm
I can cheat it all
Em F
to make up for the times i've been cheated on
C
And it's nice to know
Dm
when i was left for dead
Em
I was found and I know not these streets
F G
I am not the ghost you want to be
[CHORUS]
C F G
If you're lost and alone, or you're sinkin like a stone
C F G
Carry on
C F G
May your past be the sound of your feet upon the ground
C F G
Carry on
G
ohhhhhhhhhhhhh
[BRIDGE]
F C G
My head is on fire, but my legs they're fine
F C G
Cause after all, they are mine
F C G
Lay your clothes down on the floor, close the door, hold the phone
F G
show me how, no one's ever gonna stop us now
C Dm Em F
C Dm Em F
[PRE CHORUS]
C Dm
Cause we are, we are shining stars
Em F
We are invincible, we are who we are
C Dm
On our darkest day, when we're miles away
Em F G
Sun will come, we will find our way home
[CHORUS]
C F G
If you're lost and alone, or you're sinkin like a stone
C F G
Carry on
C F G
May your past be the sound of your feet upon the ground
C F G
Carry on
[OUTRO]
(lots of oh's here, just keep playing C then F)
(keep playing C and F)
No one's ever going to stop us now
No one's ever going to stop us now
No one's ever going to stop us now
No one's ever going to stop us now
