Allister
From The Ground Up
Before The Blackout
2005
Key: C
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
C - x24442
G - 244322
Am - 466444
F - 022100
D - x46664
Dm - x46654
G# - 320033
Verse 1:
C
We built this up together
Am
on a shaky ground
G
Before too long it
F
started crumbling down
Am
So I got out before the
C
whole thing hit the floor
G
But you knew better
F
I'd be back for more
Am G
And when I finally did
C F
it was strange to see
Am G
That you rebuilt it
C F
with no help from me
Am G
The same foundation
C F
but the rest is new
Am
You made this
G C
it belongs to you
Chorus 1:
F G
It all went by too fast
Am 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
Am
for all of me
G
The ground is soft but
F
there's no room to breathe
Am
You had to push and
C
force into abnormal growth
G
We could have dreamed
F
it if we took it slow
Am G
But from the highest branches
C F
there's much thinner air
Am G
And things are different
C F
when you're way up there
Am G
Now all I want is you
C F
to come back down
Am 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 Dm
But it was blown
from the start
F G
Cause you just had to
G#
grab them all and run
Guitar Solo: B-G#m-F#-E- x2 E--
Verse 3:
Am G
But from the highest branches
C F
there's much thinner air
Am G
And things are different
C F
when you're way up there
Am G
Now all I want is you
C F
to come back down
Am G
And start again
C
on level ground
(Repeat Chorus 1)
Chorus 2:
F G G# Am
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