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