Key: C
Introduction: Dm7 Am7 Bb7M Dm7 Am/D C9 C Bb7M Bb/C
F Dm7
I have walked on the high wire
Gm7 F F4 F
With no net to catch me
Dm7 Gm7
I have stood in the spotlight
Bb7M C
Where each flaw could be seen
Bb7M C C/E
And I've anteed my faith
F F/A Bb
To the mercy of strangers
Gm7 Eb7M
'Cause when you ride on the big ride
Bb7M C4 C
You don't ride for free
F Am7 Bb7M
If we're only brief candles
C C/E F
Let's burn for a day
Bb F/A
If we're only poor players
Dm Bb7M C
Let's rush to the stage
Dm7 Bb7M
And if we don't know the ending
C A/C# A
Let's begin anyway
Bb7M Dm
It starts in your heart
Bb C F
An expression of faith
Bb7M Gm7
It starts in your heart
Bb C F Am7 Bb7M Dm7 Am/D C9 C Bb7M Bb/C
An expression of faith
F Dm7
Though the north wind is freezing
Gm7 F F4
And the thunderclouds gather
Dm7 Gm7
Still we scatter the new seed
Bb7M C
And we trust in the sun
Bb7M C C/E
Though this world is uncertain
F F/A Bb
We deliver our children
Gm7 Eb7M
To life's great adventure
Bb7M C4 C
And the promise of love
Bb
Some call it wisdom
F
And some call it pain
Gm7
To find out the truth
F C/E
To discover it's name
Dm7
But when all that we know
G
Doesn't change anything
Gm7
Expressions of faith
C4 C B/C#
Are all that remain
F# A#m7 B7M
If we're only brief candles
C# C#/F F#
Let's burn for a day
B7M F#/A#
If we're only poor players
D#m7 B C#
Let's rush to the stage
D#m7 B7M
And if we don't know the ending
C# A#/D A#
Let's begin anyway
B7M D#m7
It starts in your heart
B C# F#
An expression of faith
B G#m
It starts in your heart
B B/C# F# A#m B7M D#m7 A#m/D# C#9 C# B7M B/C# F#
An expression of faith