Intro: Am F
Riff 1
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B|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1|
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D|-2-3-2-3-2-0-2|
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Am
Cause I know that time has numbered my days
F Riff 1
And I go along with everything you say
Am
But I write home laughing, look at me now
, F Riff 1
The walls of my town they come crumbling down
Am
And my ears hear the call of my unborn sons
F Riff 1
And I know their choices color all I've done
Am
But I'll explain it all to the watchman's son
F
I never lived a year better spent in love Riff 1
Am G F C
Cause I know my weakness know my voice
Am G F C G
So now believe in grace and choice
Am G F C
And I know perhaps my heart is vast
Am G F C G
But I'll be born without a mask
Woo!
Am
Like the city that nurtured my greed and my pride
F Riff 1
I stretch my arms into the sky
Am
I cry Babel! Babel! Look at me now
F Riff 1
Then the walls of my town, they come crumbling down
Am
You ask where will we stand in the winds that will howl
F Riff 1
As all we see will slip into the cloud
Am
So come down from your mountain and stand where we've been
F Riff 1
You know our breath is weak and our body thin
Am F C
Press my nose up to the glass around your heart
Am F C
I should've known I was weaker from the start
Am F C G Am
You'll build your walls and I will play my bloody part
C C G C
To tear, tear them down
Am Am F C
Well I'm gonna tear, tear them down
Am G F C
'Cuz I know my weakness know my voice
Am G F C G
So now believe in grace and choice
Am G F C
And I know perhaps my heart is farce
Am G F C G
But I'll be born without a mask
Riff 1