D D7 G D
Hear the chimes, did you know that the wind when it blows
G D A
It is older than Rome and all of this sorrow
D D7 G D
See the new pyramids down in old Manhattan
G D A
From the roof of a friend's I watched an empire ending
Bm D
Heard it loud and long the river's Om
G A
Time marching on to a madman's drum
[Instrumental Break 1]
D D7 G D G D A
[Verse 2]
D D7 G D
Don't forget what you've learned all you give is returned
G D A
And if life seems absurd what you need is some laughter
D D7 G D
And a season to sleep and a place to get clean
G D A
Maybe Los Angeles, somewhere no one's expecting
[Chorus 1]
G
On a detox walk through a Glendale Park over sidewalk chalk
D
Someone wrote in red, "start over"
G
So I muffled my scream on an Oxnard beach
F#m Bm A
Full of fever dreams that scare you sober
A
Into saltless dinners
[Instrumental Break 2]
D D7 G D G D A
[Verse 3]
D D7 G D
Take the fruit from the tree, break the skin with your teeth
G D A
Is it bitter or sweet? All depends on your timing
D D7 G D
Like a meeting of chance with the train station glance
G D A
Many lifetimes had past in a instant reminded
[Chorus 2]
G
Of a millstone house in a seaside town
D
When your heart gave out in a mission bed
G
So your wife gave birth to a funeral dirge
F#m Bm A
As you woke up purged as a wailing infant
A
In Krug Thep, Thailand
[Instrumental Break 3]
D D7 G D G D A
D D7 G D G D A
Bm D G A
[Outro]
D D7 G D
Hear the chimes, did you know that the wind when it blows
G D A
It is older than Rome and our joy and our sorrow
