Intro: C# F# A#m F# G# x2
Verse 1:
C#
I've been driving this road
for the third straight day
A#m
These are thoughts from the
past not to pick my brain
G#
And now I feel I'm
F#
screaming to the world
C#
Cuz this highways
going nowhere
A#m
And the lines have
all been blurred
G#
By the rains falling
F#
down in front of me
Refrain 1:
A#m
So I clear the
F#
windshield just to find
C#
Another cross to mark
G#
the passing of a life
A#m
It's a crystal clear
reminder That all
F#
things come to an end
A#m
And I wonder when that
F# G#
end will come for
Chorus 1:
C#
me When the lights go down
A#m
And the clocks time out
G#
And the bells just
F#
don't chime anymore
C#
It's a tragedy
A#m
that we can't see
G#
Our lives on the
F#
other side of every
C# F# A#m F# G#
single smile
Verse 2:
C#
I've been asking myself
for the third straight night
A#m
If there's truth in the
writings that shape
G#
our lives and Now I feel I'm
F#
screaming to the world
C#
Do these sermons
run in circles
A#m
Are they spoken
by design
G#
To erase the
F#
thoughts of insecurity
Refrain 2:
A#m
And maybe were just
F#
never meant to find
C#
The answer to the
question we've
G#
all kept inside
A#m
Give me something
to believe in
F#
Give me anything at all
A#m
Cuz right now this world
F# G#
just feels like i'ts too
Chorus 2:
C#
small When the lights go down
A#m
And the clocks time out
G#
And the bells just
F#
don't chime anymore
C#
It's a tragedy
A#m
that we can't see
G#
Our lives on the
F#
other side of every
single smile
Interlude: C# A#m G# F# G# B(hold)
Bridge:
C#
I wont cry
A#m
Not tonight
G# F#
I won't back down
without a fight
C#
I wont cry
A#m
Not tonight
G# E(hold)
I won't back down
Chorus 3:
C#
When the lights go down
A#m
And the clocks time out
G#
And the bells just
F#
don't chime anymore
C#
It's a tragedy
A#m
that we can't see
G#
Our lives on the
F#
other side of every
C#
single smile
When the lights go down
A#m
And the clocks
G#
time out
F#
I won't back down
C#
without a fight
It's a tragedy
A#m
that we can't see
G# F#
I won't lie down
B(hold)
without a fight