Chords for Before the Deluge
Tempo:
107.2 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
Em
D
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C]
[G] [C]
[G] [C]
[G] [D]
[G] [C]
[G] [C]
[G] [C]
[G] [D] [G]
Some of them were dreamers, [C] some of them [G] were fools, [Em] who were making [C] plans and thinking
of the [G] future.
[C] [G]
With the energy of the innocent, [C] they were gathering [G] the tools [Em] they would need to make
their [C] journey back [G] to nature.
[C] [G]
[Em] While the sand slipped through [G] the opening, [C] and their hands reached for [G] the golden ring,
[Em] with their hearts they turned [C] to each other's [D] hearts for refuge.
[C]
[Em] In the troubled [C] years that came [G] before the [C] deluge, [G]
some of them knew pleasure, [C] and some
of [G] them knew pain, [Em] and for some of [C] them it was only the [G] moment that mattered.
[C] [G]
And on the brave and crazy wings of youth, [C] they went flying around [G] in the rain, [Em] and their
feathers, once [C] so fine, grew [E] torn and [G] tattered.
[C] [G]
[Em] And in the end they [G] traded their tired wings [C] for the resignation [G] that living brings, [Em] and
in exchange love's [C] bright and fragile glow [D] for the glitter and the ruse.
[Em] And in a moment they [C] were swept [G] before the deluge.
[C] [G] Now let the music keep our spirits high,
[G] [C] let the [G] buildings keep our children [C] bright,
[G] let
[D] creation reveal its secrets [G] by and by, [C]
[G] by and by, [C]
[G] when the light that's [C] lost within
us reaches [G] the sky.
[D]
[G] Some of them were angry [C] at the way the earth [G] was abused, [Em] by the men who learned [C] how to
forge her beauty [G] into power, [C] [G]
and they struggled to protect her from them, [C] only to be [G] confused
[Em] by the magnitude [C] of her fury in the final [G] hour.
[Em] When the sand was gone [G] and the time arrived, [C] in the naked dawn [G] only a few survived,
[Em] and
they didn't attempt to [C] understand the thing
[D] so simple and so [C] huge, [Em] believe that they were
meant to [C] live [G] after the deluge.
Now let the music keep our spirits [C] high,
[G] [C] let the buildings [G] keep our children bright, [C]
[G] let
creation [D] reveal its secrets [G] by and by, [C]
[G] by and by, [C] [G] when the light that's [C] lost within us [G] reaches the sky.
[D]
[G] [C] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
[D] [G]
[Am]
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
[D] [G]
[C] [A] [G]
[C] [G]
[D]
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
[D] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [G] Thank you.
[C] [G] [N]
[G] [C]
[G] [C]
[G] [D]
[G] [C]
[G] [C]
[G] [C]
[G] [D] [G]
Some of them were dreamers, [C] some of them [G] were fools, [Em] who were making [C] plans and thinking
of the [G] future.
[C] [G]
With the energy of the innocent, [C] they were gathering [G] the tools [Em] they would need to make
their [C] journey back [G] to nature.
[C] [G]
[Em] While the sand slipped through [G] the opening, [C] and their hands reached for [G] the golden ring,
[Em] with their hearts they turned [C] to each other's [D] hearts for refuge.
[C]
[Em] In the troubled [C] years that came [G] before the [C] deluge, [G]
some of them knew pleasure, [C] and some
of [G] them knew pain, [Em] and for some of [C] them it was only the [G] moment that mattered.
[C] [G]
And on the brave and crazy wings of youth, [C] they went flying around [G] in the rain, [Em] and their
feathers, once [C] so fine, grew [E] torn and [G] tattered.
[C] [G]
[Em] And in the end they [G] traded their tired wings [C] for the resignation [G] that living brings, [Em] and
in exchange love's [C] bright and fragile glow [D] for the glitter and the ruse.
[Em] And in a moment they [C] were swept [G] before the deluge.
[C] [G] Now let the music keep our spirits high,
[G] [C] let the [G] buildings keep our children [C] bright,
[G] let
[D] creation reveal its secrets [G] by and by, [C]
[G] by and by, [C]
[G] when the light that's [C] lost within
us reaches [G] the sky.
[D]
[G] Some of them were angry [C] at the way the earth [G] was abused, [Em] by the men who learned [C] how to
forge her beauty [G] into power, [C] [G]
and they struggled to protect her from them, [C] only to be [G] confused
[Em] by the magnitude [C] of her fury in the final [G] hour.
[Em] When the sand was gone [G] and the time arrived, [C] in the naked dawn [G] only a few survived,
[Em] and
they didn't attempt to [C] understand the thing
[D] so simple and so [C] huge, [Em] believe that they were
meant to [C] live [G] after the deluge.
Now let the music keep our spirits [C] high,
[G] [C] let the buildings [G] keep our children bright, [C]
[G] let
creation [D] reveal its secrets [G] by and by, [C]
[G] by and by, [C] [G] when the light that's [C] lost within us [G] reaches the sky.
[D]
[G] [C] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
[D] [G]
[Am]
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
[D] [G]
[C] [A] [G]
[C] [G]
[D]
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
[D] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [G] Thank you.
[C] [G] [N]
Key:
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C
Em
D
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[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _
_ _ Some of them were dreamers, _ [C] _ some of them [G] were fools, [Em] who were making _ [C] plans and thinking
of the [G] future.
_ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _
With the energy of the innocent, _ _ [C] they were gathering [G] the tools _ [Em] they would need to make
their [C] journey back [G] to nature.
_ [C] _ [G] _ _ _
[Em] While the sand slipped through [G] the opening, _ [C] and their hands reached for [G] the golden ring, _
[Em] with their hearts they turned [C] to each other's [D] hearts for refuge.
_ [C] _ _ _
[Em] In the troubled _ [C] years that came [G] before the _ [C] deluge, [G] _ _ _
_ _ some of them knew pleasure, _ [C] _ and some
of [G] them knew pain, _ [Em] and for some of [C] them it was only the [G] moment that mattered.
[C] _ [G] _ _ _
And on the brave and crazy wings of youth, [C] they went flying around [G] in the rain, [Em] and their
feathers, once [C] so fine, grew [E] torn and [G] tattered.
_ [C] _ [G] _ _ _
[Em] And in the end they [G] traded their tired wings [C] for the resignation [G] that living brings, [Em] and
in exchange love's [C] bright and fragile glow [D] for the glitter and the ruse. _ _
_ [Em] And in a moment they [C] were swept [G] before the deluge.
[C] _ [G] _ Now let the music keep our spirits _ high, _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ let the [G] buildings keep our children [C] bright, _ _
_ [G] _ let
[D] creation reveal its secrets [G] by and by, _ [C] _ _ _
[G] by and by, _ [C] _ _ _
[G] when the light that's [C] lost within
us reaches [G] the sky.
_ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [G] _ Some of them were angry _ [C] at the way the earth [G] was abused, _ [Em] by the men who learned [C] how to
forge her beauty [G] into power, [C] _ [G] _ _ _
and they struggled to protect her from them, _ [C] only to be [G] confused _
[Em] by the magnitude [C] of her fury in the final [G] hour. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] When the sand was gone [G] and the time arrived, [C] in the naked dawn [G] only a few survived, _
[Em] and
they didn't attempt to [C] understand the thing _
[D] so simple and so [C] huge, _ [Em] believe that they were
meant to [C] live _ _ [G] after the deluge.
_ _ Now let the music keep our spirits _ [C] high, _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ let the buildings [G] keep our children bright, [C] _ _ _ _
[G] let
creation [D] reveal its secrets [G] by and by, _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] by and by, _ [C] _ _ [G] when the light that's [C] lost within us [G] reaches the sky.
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_ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] Thank you.
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _
_ _ Some of them were dreamers, _ [C] _ some of them [G] were fools, [Em] who were making _ [C] plans and thinking
of the [G] future.
_ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _
With the energy of the innocent, _ _ [C] they were gathering [G] the tools _ [Em] they would need to make
their [C] journey back [G] to nature.
_ [C] _ [G] _ _ _
[Em] While the sand slipped through [G] the opening, _ [C] and their hands reached for [G] the golden ring, _
[Em] with their hearts they turned [C] to each other's [D] hearts for refuge.
_ [C] _ _ _
[Em] In the troubled _ [C] years that came [G] before the _ [C] deluge, [G] _ _ _
_ _ some of them knew pleasure, _ [C] _ and some
of [G] them knew pain, _ [Em] and for some of [C] them it was only the [G] moment that mattered.
[C] _ [G] _ _ _
And on the brave and crazy wings of youth, [C] they went flying around [G] in the rain, [Em] and their
feathers, once [C] so fine, grew [E] torn and [G] tattered.
_ [C] _ [G] _ _ _
[Em] And in the end they [G] traded their tired wings [C] for the resignation [G] that living brings, [Em] and
in exchange love's [C] bright and fragile glow [D] for the glitter and the ruse. _ _
_ [Em] And in a moment they [C] were swept [G] before the deluge.
[C] _ [G] _ Now let the music keep our spirits _ high, _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ let the [G] buildings keep our children [C] bright, _ _
_ [G] _ let
[D] creation reveal its secrets [G] by and by, _ [C] _ _ _
[G] by and by, _ [C] _ _ _
[G] when the light that's [C] lost within
us reaches [G] the sky.
_ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [G] _ Some of them were angry _ [C] at the way the earth [G] was abused, _ [Em] by the men who learned [C] how to
forge her beauty [G] into power, [C] _ [G] _ _ _
and they struggled to protect her from them, _ [C] only to be [G] confused _
[Em] by the magnitude [C] of her fury in the final [G] hour. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] When the sand was gone [G] and the time arrived, [C] in the naked dawn [G] only a few survived, _
[Em] and
they didn't attempt to [C] understand the thing _
[D] so simple and so [C] huge, _ [Em] believe that they were
meant to [C] live _ _ [G] after the deluge.
_ _ Now let the music keep our spirits _ [C] high, _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ let the buildings [G] keep our children bright, [C] _ _ _ _
[G] let
creation [D] reveal its secrets [G] by and by, _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] by and by, _ [C] _ _ [G] when the light that's [C] lost within us [G] reaches the sky.
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[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] Thank you.
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