Standard Tuning (Capo 4)
Intro
G (always play the G as a bar chord on the third fret)
C
Verse
G C
Our time was ever on the road, the riders is in what we make,
G C
Oh to hear, to hear of how in this give and take,
D C G
But hear it this way, hear it this way, alright.
G C
The war is our hearts and lovers in the band we love,
G C
We keep breaking our backs, hoping that it gives enough,
D C
Oh, what do you need, what do you need,
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Chorus
G C
Oh man there's ladders to the sky, building up a high rise,
G C
Oh man we won't last long but we're giving it our best try,
D C
Don't you know you're alive, you know you're alive,
D G
None of us save the day, the war it told you.
Verse
G C
Too mad, I'm in love with everybody on the city bus,
G C
Feel the push and pull, hoping that it doesn't mean much.
D C
Oh what do you see, what do you see,
Chorus
G C
And everybody on the street is singing like it's Sunday,
G C
So we keep inside and you look steady at me.
D C D C
Ah... Ah....
G C
And we don't know what left, but we feel it's coming back soon,
G C
So we're standing in the street staring at a blood red moon,
D C
We are the tide, we are the tide,
D G
And none of us save the day, the war it told you.
