Key: E
Introduction:
C Dm
We built our home out on the slopes
Am
Pompeii beneath she lay above
F
How she haunted our home
C
How she haunted our home
Dm
You were a God in my eyes
Am
Above the clouds above the skies
F
You were a God in my eyes
C
You were a God
C Dm
You took me walking through the town
Am
Showed me the statues underground
F
Said, "just don't they look at peace,"
C
Sometimes I wish that was me
Dm
I was the son you always had
Am
Tugging at your coat while you were sad
F
I was the son you always had
C
I was the son you always had
C
Just don't cry
Dm
Hold your head up high
Am
She would want you to
F
She would want you to
C
Please just don't cry
Dm
Hold your head up high
Am
She would want you to
F
She would want you to
C Dm
You said stay in the car and wait
Am
There's just some things I have to say
F
Don't you know I miss her too
C
I miss her just as much as you
Dm
So my father and my son
Am
As you end what you've begun
F
You'll lie patient by her side
C
With roses red and lilies white
C Dm
I was too young to understand
Am
The flowers slipping from your hand
F
I was too young to understand
C
I was too young to understand
Dm
I was too young to understand
Am
The flowers slipping from your hand
F
I was too young to understand
C
I was too young to understand
C
Oh please just don't cry
Dm
Hold your head up high
Am
She would want you to
F
She would want you to
C
And just don't cry
Dm
Hold your head up high
Am
She would want you to
F
She would want you to