Allister
From The Ground Up
Before The Blackout
2005
Key: B
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
B - x24442
F# - 244322
G#m - 466444
E - 022100
C# - x46664
C#m - x46654
G - 320033
Verse 1:
B
We built this up together
G#m
on a shaky ground
F#
Before too long it
E
started crumbling down
G#m
So I got out before the
B
whole thing hit the floor
F#
But you knew better
E
I'd be back for more
G#m F#
And when I finally did
B E
it was strange to see
G#m F#
That you rebuilt it
B E
with no help from me
G#m F#
The same foundation
B E
but the rest is new
G#m
You made this
F# B
it belongs to you
Chorus 1:
E F#
It all went by too fast
G#m C#
No time to react
E
Once you have fired the shots
F# B
They can't be taken back
Verse 2:
B
You spread your roots
and make your things
G#m
for all of me
F#
The ground is soft but
E
there's no room to breathe
G#m
You had to push and
B
force into abnormal growth
F#
We could have dreamed
E
it if we took it slow
G#m F#
But from the highest branches
B E
there's much thinner air
G#m F#
And things are different
B E
when you're way up there
G#m F#
Now all I want is you
B E
to come back down
G#m F#
And start again
B
on level ground
(Repeat Chorus 1)
Bridge:
E
I went and left you for dead
B F#
But you just got up again
E
And every fight just
B F#
seems to make you stronger
E
I tried to tear this apart
B C#m
But it was blown
from the start
E F#
Cause you just had to
G
grab them all and run
Guitar Solo: B-G#m-F#-E- x2 E--
Verse 3:
G#m F#
But from the highest branches
B E
there's much thinner air
G#m F#
And things are different
B E
when you're way up there
G#m F#
Now all I want is you
B E
to come back down
G#m F#
And start again
B
on level ground
(Repeat Chorus 1)
Chorus 2:
E F# G G#m
It all went by too fast
C#
Never could react
E
Once you have fired the shots
F# B B(hold)
They can't be taken back