Key: C
Introduction: C C9 C Am A4 Am A4
C C9 C Am A4 Am A4
Hear the sirens, hear the circus so profound
C C9 C Am A4 Am A4
I hear the sirens, more and more in this here town
G G/A G/B G/D C9 Em
Let me catch my breath to breathe and reach across the bed
G G/A G/B G/D C9 Am
Just to know we' re safe I am a grateful man
G G/A G/B G/D C9 Em
This life has been a light and I can see you clear
Am C G
Have to take your hand, and feel your breath
Dm
for fear this someday will be over
Am C G
I pull you close, so much to lose
Dm Em
knowing that nothing lasts forever
F C G
I didn' t care before you were here
Dm Dm/A
I danced with laughter with the ever after
F C G
But all things change. Let this remain.
C C9 C Am A4 Am A4
Hear the sirens covering distance in the night
C C9 C Am A4 Am A4
The sound echoing closer, will they come for me next time?
G* C9 Em
For every choice, mistake I' ve made, it' s not my plan
G* C9 Am
to send you in the arms of another man
G* C9 Em
And if you choose to stay, I' ll wait, I' ll understand
Am C G
It' s a fragile thing, this life we lead
Dm
If I think too much, I can get over-
Am C G
whelmed by the grace by which we live
Dm Em
our lives with death over our shoulder
F C G
Want you to know that should I go
Dm Em
I always loved you, held you high above too
F C G
I study your face, the fear goes away
Em C Am Em C D
C C9 C Am A4 Am A4
Dm
The fear goes away
F C
The fear goes away
G Dm F C G Dm F
The fear goes away.. Aa aa Aa aa Aa aa Aa aa ........