Chords
The Long Defeat

Key: G

Introduction:

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           D 
The tyranny of deterioration
                                                                                   F#m 
Worries me that it's all just a waste of time
               A                                 E 
Taking one step forward, two steps back
             D 
Still I believe there's a breath through the thorns
         D 
And I believe there's somewhere that's warm
         F#m                                 A                           E 
And I believe that it's ever bright beyond this black
                 F#m                     Bm 
So keep holding on to hope without assurance
 F#m                         Bm               F#m 
Holding on to a memory of light
                           A/C#                           Bm 
But will the morning come? For all I know
                         A/C#                             Bm                     F#m 
We'll never see the sun, but together we'll fight the long defeat
   D 
Suffering that I see all around
             D 
It's enough to keep me crashing down
           F#m             A                                     E 
Till I, I lay wrecked and reeling from these falls
             D 
Still I believe there's a word in the wire
         D 
And I believe there's a way through the fire
         F#m                                     A                                 E 
And I, believe, there's a joy that blooms beyond these walls
                 F#m                     Bm 
So keep holding on to hope without assurance
 F#m                         Bm               F#m 
Holding on to a memory of light
                           A/C#                           Bm 
But will the morning come? For all I know
                         A/C#                             Bm                     F#m 
We'll never see the sun, but together we'll fight the long defeat
                                                                 F#m   C#m   Bm 
Together we'll fight the long defeat
                                                                 F#m   C#m   Bm 
Together we'll fight the long defeat
                                                                 F#m   C#m   Bm 
Together we'll fight the long defeat
                                                                 F#m   C#m   Bm 
Together we'll fight the long defeat
                                                                 F#m   C#m   Bm 
Together we'll fight the long defeat
                                                                 F#m   C#m   Bm 
Together we'll fight the long defeat