Chords: The Division Bell
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A great day for freedom
VERSE:
Cm Cm(add b5) Cm Cm (add b5)
On the day the wall came down, they threw the locks on to the ground
Fm/Ab Gsus4 G
And with glasses high we raised a cry for freedom had arrived
And on the day the wall came down
The ship of fools had finally run aground
Promises lit up the night like paper doves in flight
CHORUS:
F G/F F G/F F F/C C
I dreamed you had left my side. No warmth not even pride remained--
F/C F G/F F G/F F
And even though you needed me, it was clear that I could not
F/C C C G/C G/B
do a thing for you
VERSE:
Now life devalues day by day
As friends and neighbours turn away
And there's a change that even with regret can not be undone
Now frontiers shift like desert sands,
as nations wash their bloodied hands
Of loyalty, of history, in shades of grey
CHORUS:
I woke to the sound of drums
The music played, the morning sun streamed in
I turned and I looked at you,
and all but the bitter residue slipped away,
slipped away
OUTRO SOLO
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What do you want from me
Intro: Em C Em A repeated...
Em C Em A
As you look around this room tonight
Em C Em
Settle in your seat and dim a light
Am C C Em
Do you want my blood, do you want my tears
Em C Em A
What do you want (what do you want from me)
Am C
Should I sing until I can't sing anymore
C Em
Play these strings 'till my fingers are raw
F# F# G# A B C
Ooohh You're so hard to please
Em C Em A (repeated)
What do you want from me
[with the same chords as above:]
Do you think that I know something you don't know
If I don't promise yo uthe answers, would you go
What do you want from me
Should I stand out in the rain
Do you want me to make a daisy chain for you
I'm not the one you need
What do you want from me
C#m G#
You can have anything you want
B
You can drift, you can dream, even walk on water
A
Anything you want
[same as above:]
You can own everything you see
Sell your sould for complete control
Is that really what you need
You can lose yourself this night
See inside there is nothing to hide
Turn and face the light
F# F# G# A B C
C C B A G E (only the bass notes)
What do you want from me
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Wearing the inside out
Cm Gm
From morning to night I stayed out of sight
Dm F
Didn't recognize I'd become
Cm Gm
No more than alive I'd barely survive
Dm F
In a word...overrun
Gm Dm
Won't hear a sound from my mouth
Gm Dm
I've spent too long on the inside out
Gm Dm
My skin is cold to the human touch
Gm Dm F
This bleeding heart's not beating much
Cm Gm
I murmured a vow of silence and now
Dm F
I don't even hear when I think aloud
Cm Gm
Extinguished by light I turn on the night
Dm F
Wear its darkness with an empty smile
Ab
I'm creeping back to life
G
My nervous system all awry
Ab Bb
I'm wearing the inside out
Cm Gm
Look at him now, he's paler somehow
Dm F
But he's coming around
Cm Gm
He's starting to choke, it's been so long since he spoke
Dm F
Well he can have the words right from my mouth
Gm Dm
And with these words I can see
Gm Dm
Clear through the clouds that covered me
Gm Dm
Just give it time then speak my name
Gm Dm
Now we can hear ourselves again
Gm Dm
I'm holding out for the day
Gm Dm
When all these clouds have blown away
Gm Dm
I'm with you now, can speak your name
Gm Dm F Bb
Now we can hear ourselves again
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High Hopes
Cm Cm7 Ab Cm
Beyond the horizon of the place we lived when we were young
Cm7 Ab
In a world of magnets and miracles
Cm Cm7 Ab
Our thoughts strayed constantly and without boundary
Cm Cm7 Ab
The ringing of the division bell had begun
Bb G7
Along the long road and on down the causeway
Ab Bb G7
Do they still meet there by the cut
(same chord sequence for other verses)
There was a ragged band who followed in our footsteps
Running before times took our dreams away
Leaving the myriad small creatures trying to tie us to the ground
To a life consumed by slow decay
Ab Cm Gm Ab
The grass was greener
Bb Cm Eb Fm
The light was brighter
Ab Cm Gm Ab
When friends surrounded
Bb Cm Eb Fm
The nights of wonder
Looking beyond the embers of bridges glowing behind us
To a glimpse of how green it was on the other side
Steps taken forwards but sleepwalking back again
Dragged by the force of some sleeping tide
at a higher altitude with flag unfurled
We reached the dizzy heights of that dreamed of world
Encumbered forever by desire and ambition
Theres a hunger still unsatisfied
Our weary eyes still stray to the horizon
Though down this road I've been so many times
(same sequence as in first chorus )
The grass was greener
The light was brighter
The taste was sweeter
The nights of wonder
With friends surrounded
The dawn mist glowing
The water flowing
The endless river
Forever and ever...
OUTRO SOLO
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Take it back
repeat first sequence
e:-------3----|
B:---3---3----|
G:----0--0----|<----starts into lyrics
D:-5-----5----|
A:------------|
E:------------|
(G)
Her love rains down on me, easy as the breeze
I listen to her breathing, it sounds like the waves on the seas
(C)
I was thinking all about her, burning with rage and desire
(G)
We were spinning into darkness, and the earth was on fire
She could (Cadd9) Take it back, She might (Csus) take it back
(G)
Someday
So I spied on her, I lied to her, I made promises I could not keep.
And I here her laughter rising, rising from the deep
And make here prove her love to me, I take all that I can take
I push her to the limit, to see if she would break
She might take it back, She could take it back
Someday
(continuous G for a moment)
Now I have seen the warnings, screaming from all sides
It's easy to ignore them, God knows I've tried
All of this temptation, has turned my faith to lies
Till I couldn't see the danger, or hear the rising tide
She could take it back, she will take it back
Someday
She will take it back She will take it back
Someday(Cadd9) G
Then more of the same at the end
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Lost for words
C F Fsus2 C
I was spending my time in the doldrums,
F Fsus2 C
I was caught in a cauldron of hate
F Fsus2 Am
I felt persecuted and paralysed,
G F Fsus2 Fmaj7
I thought that everything else would just wait
While you are wasting your time on your enemies,
Engulfed by a fever of spite,
Beyond your tunnel vision reality fades
Like shadows into the night
To martyr yourself to caution
Is not going to help at all
Because there'll be no safety in numbers
When the Right One walks out of the door
INTERLUDE:(electric guitar with distortion)
D Fsus2 Bb Am
Bbsus2 Bb Dsus2 (gtrs 1 & 2 start strumming chords)
D F D
VERSE:
C G
Can you see your days blighted by darkness?
C G
Is it true you beat your fists on the floor?
C Em
Stuck in a world of isolation
D/F# C Csus2
While the ivy grows over the door
So I open my door to my enemies,
And I ask could we wipe the slate clean
But they tell me to go fuck myself
You know you just can't win
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Coming back to life
VERSE:
C Fmaj7
Where were you when I was burned and broken,
Am G F
While the days slipped by, from my window watching?
C Fmaj7
And Where were you when I was hurt and I was helpless?
Am Gadd9 F
Beause the things you say and the things you do surround me
Am7 F
While you were hanging yourself on someone else's words,
Am Bb
Dying to believe in what you heard,
Am7 Gsus4 G Csus2
I was staring straight into the shining sun
Csus2 Fsus2 F
Lost in thought and lost in time,
Am G5 F
While the seeds of life and the seeds of change were planted
Csus2 C Fsus2
Outside the rain fell dark and slow,
Am G Fsus2
While I pondered on this dangerous but irresistible pastime
Am Fsus2
I took a heavenly ride through our silence
Am Bbsus2
I knew the moment had arrived
Am Gsus4 Csus2
For killing the past and coming back to life
Am Fsus2
I took a heavenly ride through our silence
Am Bbsus2
I knew the waiting had begun
Am G Csus2
And headed straight... Into the shining sun