Key: E
Introduction:
A
She knows I’m not that brave
And cry when Frodo leaves
E
She's why I got this flat
A C#m A
That’s way too big for the two of us
A
However, now she’s gone
E
But you smile at everything
F#m C#m A
You’ve seen them come and go before
( A E Riff 1 )
A
It’s quiet for awhile
You light a cigarette
E
Even from afar
F#m C#m A
You know my thoughts by their silhouettes
A
So we don’t have to talk
E
For now a beer’s enough
F#m C#m A
To make the rain seem far away
B
The brother of my heart
A C#m
Lives in you, I know
E F#m
As long as they beat I will always have a
A
Safe retreat
B
‘Cause brotherhood’s an art
A C#m
And we paint when we fall
E A
And on this canvas colors are painted on
B
Once and for all
A
You say I’ve put on weight
I say you’ve lost some hair
E
Since nineteen-ninty-eight
F#m C#m A
When we dreamt of france in the summer air
A
Suddenly I’m back to when
E
I smiled at everything
F#m C#m A
And got my first can of paint and learned
B
The brother of my heart
A C#m
Lives in you, I know
E F#m
As long as they beat I will always have a
A
Safe retreat
B
‘Cause brotherhood’s an art
A C#m
And we paint when we fall
E A
And on this canvas colors are painted on
B
Once and for all
(Riff 1)
A C#m
Riff 2
A
I build these castles made of sand
C#m
Again and again and think that they will do
But start anew
A
With less sand than I had before
C#m
And one more time I loose it to the shore
It’s a state of war
A
I build these castles made of sand
C#m
Again and again and think that they will do
But start anew
A
With less sand than I had before
C#m
And one more time I loose it to the shore
It’s a state of war
A
I build these castles made of sand
C#m
Again and again and think that they will do
But start anew
A
With less sand than I had before
C#m
And one more time I loose it to the shore