B
After the end when he
F#/Bb B
tells her he loves her
B
She promises not to let
F#/Bb Eb/G G#m B(hold)
go They hold on to hope
verse 1:
G#m B
It all begins with the end
E Eb/G
Everything started within
G#m B
One or two seconds of a siren
E
Sounding over city limits
Eb/G G#m
singing Wind over water
B E
whipping A hurricane
Eb/G
head long lifting A
G#m
tidal wave inland
B E
tipping Was the
Eb/G
final early warning and
E B
After the end when he
F# E
tells her he loves her
E B
She promises not to let
F# G#m B(hold)
go They hold on to hope
verse 2:
G#m
Before the ending
B E
began Bottom lines
and broken budgets
Eb/G G#m
Dead ends All
the early signs
B
are in the writing
E
Catastrophic changes
Eb/G
in the offing
G#m
Radical callers kept
B E
lines tied up at
Eb/G
radio stations
G#m
Argument or
B
conversation
E
Cut quick to
Eb/G
commercial nation
(Repeat Chorus 2)
Guitar Solo: G#m B E Eb/G x2
verse 3:
G#m
Welcome to the
B
dawning of a new age
E
Headline in 1953
Eb/G
full page
G#m
President is
B
speaking at the U.N.
E
Preaching of the
Eb/G
promise of our progress
G#m
Atomic piece of mind
E
from a radioactive
Eb/G G#m
life line Millennia
B
in the making
E Eb/G
utopiannihilation
Chorus 3:
B
and After the end when he
F#/Bb B
tells her he loves her
B
She promises not to let
F#/Bb Eb/G G#m(hold)
go They hold on to hope