For the Intro & Outro patterns, begin with a strum ahead of the beat on the & of 4.
[Intro] C G Em D (x2) [Verse 1] C G Em DI was left to my own de-v-i-c-e-s
C G Em D
Many days fell away with nothing to show [Pre-Chorus] C G
And the walls kept tumbling down
Em D
In the city that we l-o-v-e-d
C G
Great clouds roll over the hills
Em D
Bringing darkness from a-b-o-v-e [Chorus] N.C. C
But if you close your eyes,
G
Does it almost feel like
Em D
Nothing changed at all?
C
And if you close your eyes,
G
Does it almost feel like
Em D
You’ve been here before?
C G D
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
C G D
How am I gonna be an optimist about this? [Verse 2] C G Em D
We were caught up and lost in all of our vices
C G Em D
In your pose as the dust settles around us [Pre-Chorus] C G
And the walls kept tumbling down
Em D
In the city that we l-o-v-e-d
C G
Great clouds roll over the hills
Em D
Bringing darkness from a-b-o-v-e [Chorus] N.C. C
But if you close your eyes,
G
Does it almost feel like
Em D
Nothing changed at all?
C
And if you close your eyes,
G
Does it almost feel like
Em D
You’ve been here before?
C G D
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
C G D
How am I gonna be an optimist about this? [Instrumental] C G Em D [Bridge] C G
Oh where do we begin?
Em D
The rubble or our sins?
C G
Oh where do we begin?
Em D
The rubble or our sins? [Pre-Chorus] C G
And the walls kept tumbling down
Em D
In the city that we l-o-v-e-d
C G
Great clouds roll over the hills
Em D
Bringing darkness from a-b-o-v-e [Chorus] N.C. C
But if you close your eyes,
G
Does it almost feel like
Em D
Nothing changed at all?
C
And if you close your eyes,
G
Does it almost feel like
Em D
You’ve been here before?
C G D
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
C G D
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
C
If you close your eyes,
G
Does it almost feel like
Em D
Nothing changed at all? [Outro] C G Em D (x2)