http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myAoF8oKQNg&feature=related

Drop D

*The strum pattern in the beginning mostly involves muting the frets with your *left* hand.

 

Chords:

      D5     Bb5     F5      G5       A5      C5        E5  

e     x       x      x        x        x       x         x

B     x       x      x        x        x       x         x

G     x       x      x        x        x       x         x

D     0       8      3        5        7       10        2

A     0       8      3        5        7       10        2

D     0       8      3        5        7       10        2

 

 

VERSE 1:

          D5
Abandon me!
            Bb5                           F5         D5          
I was never one to hold out well under pressure.
D5
And I hope you can find me.
       Bb5                       F5      G5      D5
I've gotta find myself before I can move on this time.

F5                   G5                 A5       
Can we penetrate the barricades created by me?           
F5                 G5                    A5             C5                                      
We know our mouths aren't locked through forced doors...

 
CHORUS:

D5                   F5                 Bb5
  And I can feel the tension in your words,
(Bb5)
Screaming for me
   G5
To understand what you've been thinking.
D5                F5
  There's a cloud casting o'er your head.
Bb5
Can't see anything clear;

G5
You're only seeing who you were.

VERSE 2:

Bb5           C5
   Too far to reach I'll say...
D5             F5
  She's on the tips of my fingers.
Bb5
  Don't let her fall!
C5                    D5
  There will be no re-turn...

[palm-muted]

F5
The burdened act which brought
                       D5
Us to a halt will some-day make us stronger!

CHORUS:
 
D5                 F5                Bb5
And I can feel the tension in your words,
(Bb5)
Screaming for me
   G5
To understand what you've been thinking.

D5              F5
There's a cloud casting o'er your head.

Bb5
Can't see anything clear;
G5
You're only seeing who you were.


VERSE 3:

Bb5
Clouds casting over your head;
C5                            F5
Self portraits of what you once were...
        G5
You once were...

Bb5
Clouds casting over your head;
C5                            F5
Self-portraits of what you once were...
           G5/C5
You once were!

D5                   F5  D5 C5    
  She will break and shatter.
D5                               D5-E5-F5
There will be no return.

 
G5

 
F5
Hold on tight.

 
BRIDGE:

Let?s stop everything;
Exchange all that we know...                                      D5x8
It?s much better without having gravity holding you down from the air.

 
Blake's solo (starting as 'air'):

D5x8/F5x8/C5x8/F5x8/G5x8/E5x8/D5x8D5-F5-D5-G5x4

D5-F5-D5-G5x4

D5x8/F5x8/C5x8/F5x8/Bb5x8/E5x8/D5x8/A5x6*

 

D5x4
Take action, action!

F5x4                  C5x4    G5
Stand up for what you once were. [This is my time]

Bb5                  E5              D5
Our time to make the changes that we want to make real.

D5
Take action, action!

E5                    C5
Stand up for what you once were.

G5        F5  Bb5/E5/D5
(This is) our time