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