Intro:
Synthesizer: G C (2x)
Verse 1:
G
Maybe it's bricks and mortar now
Am Bm
Whether or not they run it down
G
I don't want anything
Am Bm
to shake that shape away
G
No one told us which way to come
Am Bm
Nobody mapped oblivion
G Am
So I go growing roses in disarray
Refrain 1:
C B
Just like most falling head in
Am B D
Til my ghost fills the bed in
Chorus 1:
G C
So lift it up like a banner
G Bm
Hold it up over me
Em C
If this war is never ending
D
I take this love
G
down with me
C
(Like a banner)
G C
(Like a banner)
Verse 2:
G
I don't need fate
to give it time
Am
Doesn't take pain
Bm
to change your mind
G
No weapon can sever
Am
the soul from me
Refrain 2:
C
Not the sorceress
B
not the money
Am
All my cleverness
B D
all my cunning
Repeat Chorus 1)
Bridge:
G
It's around me in
my surroundings
Am
It counts me when it
starts the counting
G
In the chaos
there is a standard
Bm
I'm carrying it
like a banner
G
It's around me in
my surroundings
Am
It kills me when it
starts the counting
G
In the chaos
there is a standard
Bm
I'm carrying it
like a banner
Chorus 1:
G C
So lift it up like a banner
G Bm
Hold it up over me
Em C
If this war is never ending
D
I take this love
G
down with me
C
(Like a banner)
G Bm
Hold it up over me
Em C
If this war is never ending
D
I take this love
G
down with me