Intro: A D A D A D A D
verse 1:
A D
You hold up one hand
F#m
Everyone waits
E
Until we can move again
A D
The burden of command
F#m
Stands you up straight
G
Something to prove again
D
Blood in your eyes
Bm
Screams on the radio
A D
They say, "Get out of there!"
Bm
We aren't finished yet
E D
You tell them to grow a pair
A E
They said this air would be breathable
F#m D
Get in, get out again, and no one gets hurt
A E
Something is pulling me up the hill
D
I look down in my red shirt
Bm A
I look down in my red shirt
D A D A D A D
verse 2:
A D
This familiar place
F#m
Sun in my eyes
E
Right where I'm supposed to be
A D
I can read your face
F#m
I'm not surprised
G
You move in close to me
D
Then you decide
Bm
Now I'm remembering
A D
I've seen this one before
Bm
I can't stop watching it
E D
So what am I running for?
A E
They said this air would be breathable
F#m D
Get in, get out again, and no one gets hurt
A E
You nod to me and point up the hill
D
I look down in my red shirt
Bm F#m E D
I look down in my red shirt
F#m E D
At my red shirt
verse 3:
A D
I don't hear the sound
F#m
Everything slows
E
All of it falls away
A D
They don't turn around
F#m
Everyone knows
G
It won't be them today
D
Instead it was me
Bm
Go down dramatically
A D
Stretching it out a bit
Bm
Still no one notices
E D
When they write me out of it
A E
They said this air would be breathable
F#m D
I see the naked sky and I taste the dirt
A E
Dark at the edges and closing in
D
I look down in my red shirt
Bm A
I look down in my red shirt
D A D A D A