Intro: | D | % ||: D | A :|| A7 D |
Sect 1: | D | G | D | A D | D | A | D | A D | D | G | D | A D |
6/8
Sect 2: | D | Em | A7 | G D |
| D | Em | A7 | G D |
| D | % | G | % | A | % |
| D | % | G | A | D | Bm | G | A | D | % |
4/4
| D | A7 | D | A7 D |
6/8
Sect 2.1: | D | Em | A7 | G D |
| D | Em | A7 | G D |
| D | % | G | % | A | % | D | % |
7/8
||: E :|| x 16
6/8
Sect 3: ||: D | C G | G / / / / A | D :|| x5
2/2
Sect 4: ||: D | C G / / | G / / A | D :|| x4 end on D
4/4
Note: This song changes time signatures a quite a bit. Unless explicitly noted, the chart is in .
I've noted below when a time signature change occurs.
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Intro: | D | % ||: D | A :|| A7 D |
Section 1:
DG
Tell us all a story about how it used to be
DAD
Make it up and then write it down just like history
A
About Goldilocks and the three bears nature in the crosshairs
DAD
And how we all ascended from the deep green sea
G
When it's not too hot, not too cold, not too meek, not too bold
DAD
Where it's just right and you have sunlight
6/8
Section 2:
DA7
Then we're home
GD
Finally home
EmA7G
Home in the land of the homeless, finally home
DGA
Oh, what are we going to do?
D
I never did a thing to you
GADBm
Time peaceful as a hurricane eye
GAD
Peaceful as a hurricane eye
4/4
Section 1:
DG
A history of whispers, a shadow of a horse
DAD
Faces painted black in sorrow and remorse
DA
White cloud, black crow, crucifix and arrow
D
The oldest silence speaks the loudest
ADG
Under the deep green sea, when speech becomes a crime
DAD
Silence leads the spirit over the bridge of time
Section 2.1:
6/8
| D | Em |
A7GDEm
Over the bridge of time, I'm walking with my family
AG
And the road begins to climb
DG
And then it's, oh, Lord, how we going to pray
AD
With crazy angel voices all night
7/8
E
Until it's a new day
E
Peaceful as a hurricane
E
Peaceful as a hurricane
E
Peaceful as a hurricane eye
E
Peaceful as a hurricane
E
Peaceful as a hurricane
E
Peaceful as a hurricane eye
E
Peaceful as a hurricane eye
Section 3:
6/8
DCG
You want to be leader? You want to change the game?
AD
Turn your back on money, walk away from fame
DCG
You want to be a missionary? You got that missionary zeal?
AD
Let a stranger change your life. How's that make you feel?
DCG
You want to be a writer, but you don't know how or when
AD
Find a quiet place, use a humble pen
Section 4:
2/2
D
You want to talk, talk, talk about it
CG
All night squawk about
AD
The ocean and the atmosphere
CG
Well, I've been away for a long time
AD
And it looks like a mess a-round here
CG
And I'll be away for a long time
AD
So here's how the story goes
CG
There was an old woman who lived in a shoe
AD
She was baking a cinnamon pie
CG
She fell asleep in a washing machine
AD
Woke up in a hurricane eye