Key: C#
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Verse 1:
Bbm
They've been carving
F# C#
your name out in stone
Bbm
Building stairways
F# C#
to lead you home
Bb
Though there's room up
F# C# Ab
above I can tell you my love
Eb/G F#
That I won't let you go
Inerlude: Bbm-F#-C#-F- x3, Eb/G--F#--
Verse 2:
Bbm F#
There's a place in my heart
C# F
where my courage is kept
Bbm F#
And I'm keeping it there
C# F
till my mind is at rest
Bbm F#
It's the one bit of power
C# F Eb/G F#
that I still have left in me?
Chorus 1:
Bbm
Now this room is
F#
like a cage
C#
I've been stuck
F
in here for days
Bbm
Searching deep
F#
inside my mind
C#
Just to find a
F
better place
Bbm
And I'm waiting for
F# C#
you To pick up the
F Eb/G F#
pieces and move along
Verse 3:
Bbm F#
There's a place on a street
C# F
in a town that I know
Bbm F#
Where the earth doesn't move
C# F
and the grass doesn't grow
Bbm F#
There's a chill in the air
C# F
that goes straight to your bones
Eb/G
I've got my hands in the ground
F#
and I'm digging you up
(Repeat Chorus 1)
Guitar Solo:
Bbm-F#-C#-F- x3, Eb/G--F#--
Bridge: Silence
Bbm F#
When all colour starts to fade
C# F
And the cage begins to break
Bbm F#
I give my body to the skies
C# F
Now I'm standing at the gates
Bbm F#
And I'm waiting for you
C# F Eb/G F#
To pick up the pieces and move along
Chorus 2:
Bbm
Now this room is
F#
like a cage
C#
I've been stuck
F
in here for days
Bbm
Searching deep
F#
inside my mind
C#
Just to find a
F
better place
Bbm
And I'm waiting for
F# C#
you To pick up the
F Eb/G F#m(hold)
pieces and move along