Standard Tuning
No Capo
Do not know proper chord names for C2,C3, Am2, Am3 so improvised with chord set up below.
C- X32010
C2- X30010
C3- X33010
Am- XX2210
Am2- XX0210
Am3- XX3210
C F
I was tied, but now unbound
C
My head is off the ground
F
For a long time I was so weary
C
Tired of the sound, I've heard before,
Am
The gnawing of the night time at the door,
G
Haunted by the things I've made
Am G
Stuck between the burning light and the dusty shade.
C F
I said now I used to think the past was dead and gone,
C
But I was wrong, so wrong, whatever makes you blind
F C
Must make you strong, make you strong.
Am
In my time I've melted into many forms,
G Am
From the day that I was born, I know there's no place to hide
G
Stuck between the burning shade and the fading light,
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C C2 C3 C C C2 C3 C Am Am2 Am3 Am C
I was broken, for a long time, but it's o- ver now
F
It's over now
C
Yes and you, and you,
F C
Well you walk these lonely streets that people send, people send.
C C2 C3 C F C
There are some wounds that just can't mend, I do pretend, pretend,
Am
I am free from all the things that take my friends
G Am
But I will stand here til the end, I know that I can take the moon,
G
In between the burning shade and the fading light
C C2 C3 C C C2 C3 C Am Am2 Am3 Am C
I was broken, for a long time, but it's o- ver now
C C2 C3 C C C2 C3 C Am Am2 Am3 Am C
I was broken, for a long time, but it's o- ver now
C C2 C3 C C C2 C3 C Am Am2 Am3 Am C
I was broken, for a long time, but it's o- ver now
