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