Key: C
C#
C#m
E
A
)
C#m
B
A
When the night shows and signals grow on radios
C#m
B
A
All the strange things that come and go as early warnings
B
Abm
A
Stranded starfish have no place to hide
A
F#
B
Ab
C#m
Still waiting for the swollen Easter tide
C#m
F#
F#m
A E
Theres no point in direction, we cannot even choose a side
C#m
B
A
I took the old track, the hollow shoulder, across the water,
C#m
B
A
On the tall cliffs, they were getting older, sons and daughters,
B
Abm
A
The jaded underworld was riding high,
A
F#
B
Ab
C#m
And waves of steel hurled metal at the sky,
C#m
F#
F#m
A
E
And as the nails sunk in the cloud, The rain was warm and soaked the crowd.
E
B
C#m
Lord, here comes the flood
B
Ab
C#m
We'll say goodbye, to flesh and blood
Ab
C#m
If again the seas are silent in any still alive
Ab
Ab
Ab
A
It'll be those who gave their island to survive
Am
Bm
C
D
E
Drink up, dreamers, you're running dry
C#m
B
A
When the flood calls, you have no home, you have no walls,
C#m
B
A
In the thundercrash, you're a thousand minds within a flash,
B
Abm
A
Don't be afraid to cry at what you see,
A
F#
B
Ab
C#m
The actor's gone, there's only you and me,
C#m
F#
F#m
A
E
And if we break before the dawn, they'll use up what we used to be.
E
B
C#m
Lord, here comes the flood
B
Ab
C#m
We'll say goodbye, to flesh and blood
Ab
C#m
If again the seas are silent in any still alive
Ab
Ab
Ab
A
It'll be those who gave their island to survive
Am
Bm
C
D
E
Drink up, dreamers, you're running dry