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