C         Cadd9 C     Am Asus4 Am Asus4
Hear the sirens     Hear the sirens

[Verse]
C              Cadd9 C                      Am Asus4 Am Asus4
Hear the sirens,   hear the circus so profound
C              Cadd9 C                         Am Asus4 Am Asus4
I hear the sirens,   more and more in this here town

[Part 1]
G   G/A   G/B  G/D                     Cadd9          Em
Let me catch my breath to breathe and reach across the bed
G     G/A       G/B    G/D          Cadd9           Am
Just to know we're safe I am a grateful man
G   G/A   G/B  G/D                                   Cadd9   Em
This life has been a light and I can see you clear

[Chorus 1]
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

[Chorus 2]
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.

[Verse]
C              Cadd9 C                      Am Asus4 Am Asus4
Hear the sirens   covering distance in the night
C              Cadd9 C                      Am Asus4 Am Asus4
The sound echoing   closer, will they come for me next time?

[Part 2]
G*                                       Cadd9        Em
For every choice, mistake I've made, it's not my plan
G*                             Cadd9        Am
to send you in the arms of another man
G*                                     Cadd9        Em
And if you choose to stay, I'll wait, I'll understand

[Chorus 3]
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

[Solo]
Em  C  Am  Em  C  D

[Instrumental]
C   Cadd9  C  Am Asus4 Am Asus4   x2

[Chorus 3]
                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 ........