B A D
take what you need while there’s time
B A B F#
the city will be earth in a short while
B D A B
if i’m not mistaken it’s been in flames
D A D
you and i will escape to the seaside

B A D
there is a storm in the distance
B A B F#
the wind breathing warning of its imminence
B D A B
there is a lighthouse five hundred yards down
D A D
you and i will be safe there

Dm Gm A
there is a girl who haunts that lighthouse
Dm Gm
she saved me i was swimming
A
so young i almost drowned
B Gm A
under the water she sang a story
B Gm
of losing her lover
A
she calls a warning

B A D
love , you are foolish , you’re tired
B A B F#
your sleeplessness makes you a liar
B D
the city is burning
A B
the ocean is turning
D A D
our only chance is the lighthouse

Dm Gm
her lover was a sailor
A
she went and she waited there
Dm Gm
the door locked from the outside
A B Gm
lover never arrived so she sings there
A B Gm A
soft as a siren luring the ships off their course , how alarming

Dm Gm A
we went in , we climbed up and looked out
Dm Gm
the door locked from the outside
A
three ghosts in a lighthouse