Prophetstown
Elway
- B
- B/C
- C#m4
- E
- F#
- G#m4
Continues after the ad
Key:
F# - 244322G#m - 466444E - 022100 B/C - x344xx C#m - x46654 The riff that is played repeatedly in the interlude following the first chorus goes like this:E|---------------------------------------| B|--7---0---4----0----2----4----2-----0--| G|---------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------|[Intro] B F# G#m F# E G#m F# (x2) [Verse 1]B It's a sordid sort of feelingF# G#m When you learn to live with spite.F# E It's a desperate kind of livingG#m F# When you're burning up the night.B Getting sick of all the drinkingF# G#m Getting sicker every day.E F# B Cause I can't say the things I really want to sayContinues after the ad[Verse 2]B F# G#m I remember when Chicago seemed a million miles awayF# E G#m F# I was chained by quiet longing on that Independence DayB F# G#m A month across the country built in all I learned from youE F# B I sang those thoughts away just like I always do. [Chorus]B E It's been an age, it's been an era, it's been a lifetime.G#m F# But I'll remember every stepB E I'll cross my heart when we cross paths across the countryG#m F# Please just remember I'm not the one who left, and I never will [Interlude] B F# G#m F# E G#m F# (x2) [Verse 3]B F# G#m All the aches and shits and quivers hurdle in with morning lightF# E G#m F# and a somber sense of longing steals my breath and grips my spineB F# G#m I can feel the salty ocean suck the moisture from my skinE F# B And I know staying here will surely do us in [Verse 4]B/C C#m E B F# E And I walked on down to that lonely shoal, where my best hopes go to dieC#m E B F# E I thought I will keep you in my pen, until the ink wells all go dryB F# B And I'll keep it like a secret every day [Chorus]B E It's been an age, it's been an era, it's been a lifetime.G#m F# But I'll remember every stepB E I'll cross my heart when we cross paths across the countryG#m F# Please just remember I'm not the one who leftB And I never will