key – G

this is the acoustic version lights plays for pupfresh . com on youtube , but she plays
capo 10 . to match the album version , play without a capo .

chords :
D 554030
G 320003
Am x02210
Bm 224432
C 332010
Em 022000

verse 1 :
G
maybe it’s bricks and mortar now
C
whether or not they run it down
G
i don’t want anything
Am
to shake that shape away
G
no one told us which way to come
C
nobody mapped oblivion
G Am
so i go growing roses in disarray

refrain 1 :
C D
just like most falling head in
C D
til my ghost fills the bed in

chorus 1 :
G C
so lift it up like a banner
G Bm
hold it up over me
Em C
if this war is never ending
D
i take this love
G
down with me
C
( like a banner )
G C
( like a banner )

verse 2 :
G
i don’t need fate
to give it time
C
doesn’t take pain

to change your mind
G
no weapon can sever
Am
the soul from me

refrain 2 :
C
not the sorceress
D
not the money
C
all my cleverness
D
all my cunning

( repeat chorus )

bridge :
G
it’s around me in
my surroundings
Bm
it counts me when it
starts the counting
Em
in the chaos
there is a standard
D
i’m carrying it
like a banner
G
it’s around me in
my surroundings
C
it kills me when it
starts the counting
Em
in the chaos
there is a standard
D
i’m carrying it
like a banner

( repeat chorus )