C [Verse 1] N.C. C F C Some of them were dreamers, some of them were fools Am F C Making plans and thinking of the future F C With the energy of the innocent, they were gathering the tools Am F G C They would need to make their journey back to nature [Chorus] Am C When the sand slipped through the opening F C And their hands reached for the golden ring Am G And their hearts turned to each others hearts for refuge Am F G C In the troubled years that came before the deluge [Verse 2] F C Some of them knew pleasure, some of them knew pain Am F C And for some of them it was only the moment that mattered F C On the wild and crazy wings of youth they went flying around in the rain Am F G C 'Til their feathers once so fine were torn and tattered [Chorus] Am C In the end they traded their tired wings F C For the resignation that living brings Am F G They traded love's bright and fragile glow for the glitter and the rouge Am F G C In a moment they were swept before the deluge [Verse 3] F So let the music keep your spirits high (Let the music keep your spirits high) C F Let the buildings keep your children dry C G Am F C F Let creation reveal its secrets by and by, by and by, by and by, by and by C F G C When the light that's lost within us reaches the sky [Guitar Solo] F C F C G C [Verse 4] N.C. C F C Some of them were angry at the way that the earth was abused Am F C By those men who learned to forge beauty into power F C And in trying to protect us from them only became confused Am F G C By the magnitude of the fury in the final hour [Chorus] Am C When the sand was gone and the time arrived F C In the naked dawn only a few survived Am F G In attempts to understand this thing so simple and so huge Am F G C We believed they were meant to live after the deluge [Verse 5] C F So let the music keep your spirits high (Let the music keep your spirits high) C F Let the buildings keep your children dry C G Am F C F Let creation reveal its secrets by and by, by and by, by and by, by and by C F G C When the light that's lost within us reaches the sky [Outro] F C F C F C F C F C F C F C F C