Intro: D Dmaj7 D
E
By the time the luminous descent of the bright star unfolds
E D Dmaj7 D
And tablets of strange love are shattered and bruised
E
By the time the oleander is falling from bloom
E D Dmaj7 D
And tears of the crocodile water the sun
C#m B
By the time you make up your mind
C#m A
If ever you do
C#m
I hear the drums of heaven too
C#m B
By the time you make up your mind
E F#
Remember this truth
A B C#m
I hear the drums of heaven too
Solo: E B G D A E G
**Intro
E
By the time paradise alley is littered with rust
E D Dmaj7 D
And the arc of dayglo is curtained in gloom
E
By the time kidney bone cities are crumbling to dust
E D Dmaj7 D
And the empires and all of the emirates burn
C#m B
By the time you make up your mind
C#m A
If ever you do
C#m
I hear the drums of heaven too
C#m B
By the time you make up your mind
E F#
Remember this too
A B C#m
I hear the drums of heaven too
E B
Ice on the mountain
G D
Wind and the dust storm
A E
Sails in the desert
G D
It's old and exploding
E B
Seers and the prophets
G D
Drums of heaven
A E G D
Attention ground control, there's someone coming down, I don't know
C#m B
By the time you make up your mind
C#m A
If ever you do
C#m
I hear the drums of heaven too
C#m B
By the time you make up your mind
E F#
Remember this too
A B C#m
I hear the drums of heaven too
A B C#m
I hear the drums of heaven too
A B C#m
I hear the drums of heaven too
**Intro
**In The Verse, The D Dmaj7 D Sequence.