G
[Verse 1]
Dm Em
The travertine speaks of a world gone by
Drape cut, cummerbund, wide patterned neck tie
A F#m G
With mindless magazines I kill time
Bm D G C
In the late, great waiting room, elegant decline
F C
A delicate man with a bird-like face
C D Em D
Stutter steps next to me sets down a briefcase
G# C
He opines that the palm tree chose to grow
Em C G
Toward the heavens when there was no further West it could go
[Chorus]
D Em
In the hall, in the hall
C
In the hall of the lost
D Em
In the hall, in the hall
C
In the hall of the lost
F G
The line from faded to forgot
Em E A
Is crossed
F Dm G
In the hall, in the hall, in the hall
F G C
In the hall, in the hall of the lost
[Interlude]
Fmaj7 |C |C |Em |Em |
D |D7 |A7 |A F#m7 |G |
E |Bm |D |G
[Verse 2]
F C
If Lewis and Clark made an art of the quest
Em7 D
God and Nature and Indians to the West
F#m B G
Is there defeat in a train from A
Bm D G
When Manifest Destiny brought us all this way?
[Chorus]
A Bm
In the hall, in the hall
G
In the hall of the lost
A Bm
In the hall, in the hall
G
In the hall of the lost
[Interlude]
F |C |C |G# |B D |
G Am Fm F
In the hall, in the hall, in the hall
G Am F |F7
In the hall, in the hall, in the hall
D Em C
In the hall, in the hall, in the hall
D Em
In the hall, in the hall
C
In the hall of the lost
[Interlude]
C |C |
[Verse 3]
F C
When the pilasters split to admit the sea
Em D
The hands of the clock will be covered in verdigris
A F#m B
I’ll swim to the train and find my seat
G D Bm
And hazard a smile at anyone who looks at me
C G
When the Alkali flats with their cracks pass by
Eb Bm G
Think of the color wheel, think of the Western sky
C F C
Distant city with a distant glow
Am G
The hall of the lost has let me go
[Chorus]
D Em
In the hall, in the hall
C
In the hall of the lost
D Em
In the hall, in the hall
C
In the hall of the lost
F G Em
The line from faded to forgot
E A
Is crossed
F Dm G
In the hall, in the hall, in the hall
F G
In the hall, in the hall
C
In the hall of the lost
