Chords:
A9 A9/B C#m D9 E F#m F#m/G# F#m/A F#m/B
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A9 A9/B C#m D9 E
Mama, they try and break me.
A9 A9/B C#m D9 E
the window burns to light the way back home
A9 A9/B C#m D9 E
a light that warms no matter where they've gone.
A9 A9/B C#m D9 E
they're off to find the hero of the day
A9 A9/B C#m D9 E
but what if they should fall by someone's wicked way?
A9 A9/B C#m
still the window burns, time so slowly turns
D9 E
someone there is sighing
A9 A9/B
keepers of the flames
C#m
do you feel your names?
D9 E
do you hear your babies crying?
A9 A9/B C#m D9 E
Mama, they try and break me.
A9 A9/B C#m D9 E
still they try and break me
A9 A9/B C#m D9 E
'scuse me while i tend to how i feel
A9 A9/B C#m D9 E
these things return to me that still seem real
A9 A9/B C#m D9 E
now deservingly this easy chair
A9 A9/B C#m D9 E
but the rocking stops by wheels of despair
A9 A9/B
don't want your aid
C#m D9 E
but the fist i've made for years won't hold or feel
A9 A9/B
no i'm not all me
C#m D9 E
so please excuse me while i tend to how i fell
F#m
but now the dreams and waking screams that ever last through the night
F#m
So build the wall behind it crawl and hide until it's light
F#m
can you hear your babies crying now?
Solo ( A9 A9/B C#m D9 E )
( A9 A9/B C#m D9 E )
still the window burns
time so slowly turns
and someone there is sighing
keepers of the flames, can't you feel your names?
can't you hear your babies crying?
( F#m )
but now the dreams and waking screams that
ever last the night
so build a wall behind it crawl
and hide until it's light
so can't you hear your babies crying now?
F#m F#m/G#
mama they try and break me
F#m/A F#m/B
mama they try and break me
F#m F#m/G#
mama they try and break me
F#m/A F#m/B
mama they try mama they try
F#m F#m/G#
mama they try and break me
F#m/A F#m/B
mama they try and break me
F#m F#m/G#
mama they try and break me
F#m/A F#m/B
mama they try and break me
F#m F#m/G#
mama they try and break me
F#m/A F#m/B
mama they try and break me
F#m F#m/G#
mama they try and break me
F#m/A F#m/B
mama they try mama they try