// - Chords relative to the capo Intro: e|-----0--------0-------0--------0-------0--------0-------0--------0----| B|----------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---2---2----2---2---2---2----2---2---2---2----2---2---2---2----2---2--| D|-0--------------------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------3----------------2----------------0-----------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------------| And the air was full of various storms and saints e|-------------------------------------------0-----0---| B|-----0---------0-------------------------0---0---0---| G|-----------------------2-------2---------------2-1---| D|---2---2-----2---2---0---0---0---0-----2---------2---| A|-------------------------------------2-----------2---| E|-3---------3-------1---------------0-------------0---| Prayed in the streets as the banks began to break e|----------------------------1--------------| B|-------1------------1-----2---------2-1----| G|-----2----0h2-----2-----2---------0--------| -repeat with slight variations over the rest of the verse D|---2------------2-----0---------2----------| A|-0------------0----------------------------| E|------------------------------0------------| And I'm in the throat of it, somewhere in the belly of the beast But you took your toll on me, so I gave myself over willingly You got a hold of me, I don't know how I don't just stand outside and scream I am teaching myself how to be free The monument of a memory, you tear it down in your head Don't make the mountain your enemy, get out, get up there instead You saw the stars out in front of you, too tempting not to touch But even though it shocked you, something's electric in your blood (play these as barred chords to get the studio effect) And people just don't tire themselves, I'm calling life - lost If you could just forgive yourself But I see you stumble, feet give way Outside the world seems a violent place But you had to have him, and so you did Some things you let go in order to live While all around you the buildings sway Singing our love made us this way I know you're bleeding, but you'll be ok Hold on to your heart, you'll keep it safe Hold on to your heart, don't give it away You'll find a rooftop to sing from, find a hallway to dance You don't need no edge to climb from, your heart is there, it's in your hands I know it seems like forever, I know it seems like an age But one day this will be over, I swear it's not so far away And people just don't tire themselves, I'm calling life - lost If you could just forgive yourself But I see you stumble, feet give way Outside the world seems a violent place But you had to have him, and so you did Some things you let go in order to live While all around you the buildings sway Singing our love made us this way I know you're bleeding, but you'll be ok Hold on to your heart, you'll keep it safe Hold on to your heart

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