E A9 B9 E|---0----0-----2---------| B|---0----0-----2---------| G|---1----2-----4---------| D|---2----2-----4---------| A|---2----0-----0---------| E|---0----x-----x---------| Inro: E-A9 (acompanied by the folowing notes) E|------7----0----7h9p7---5---------------5-| B|-5---------------------------------5h7----| G|------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------| E|-7----0----7h9p7-----5-------| B|-----------------------------| G|-----------------------------| D|-----------------------------| A|-----------------------------| E|-----------------------------| verse 1: E A9 No one would love me E A9 If they knew all the things I hide verse 2:My words fall to the floor As tears drip through the telephone line refrain: B9 A9 And the hands I've seen raised to the sky B9 A9 Not waving but drowning all this time B9 A9 I'll try to build the ark that they need E A9 To float to you upon the crystal sea chorus: E A9 Give me your hand to hold E A9 'Cause I can't stand to love alone E A9 E And love alone is not enough to hold us up A B9 A We've got to touch your robe So swing your robe down low Swing your robe down low verse2: The prince of despair's been beaten But the loser still fights Death's on a long leash Stealing my friends to the night refrain2: And everyone cries for the innocent You say to love the guilty, too And I'm surrounded by suffering and sickness So I'm working tearing back the roof