Empire Builder

Intro
G  C  x2
G  Em x2

[Verse]
G
This is not an escape
                  C         
But I don't know how to hold 
                   G         Em
somebody without losing my grip
           G
You'll say I was bound to leave
               C
Since I first stepped across your 
borders
         G                 Em
Since I crawled into your skin

                     D             
Thought I heard you whisper in the 
 G
dark
                         C
That you knew where the light would 
be
 Em                 D             
Thought I saw your shape against 
    G
the black
                    C
Thought I felt you moving beside me

            D                G 
We are not alone and we are more 
                    C
alone than we've ever been
                 D
So hurry up and lose me
 G                    Em
Hurry up and find me, again

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G Em (x2)

         G
So I'll pass the lumber mills
               Em               
I'll pass the coal mines and the 
  C
parks
         G            Em
And the dried up oil fields
             C               G    
I'll pass a thousand lonely pines 
                                Em
that bend the backs against the sun
            C                G    
But I'll mistake the station birds
                            Em
 for the sound of my phone ringing

                      D            
Thought I heard you whisper in the 
 G
dark
                         C
That you knew where the light would 
be
 Em                   D           
Don't wait for me to walk a 
    G
straight line
              C
You can only hold your breath so 
long

             D              G  
We are not alone and we are more 
                    C
alone than we've ever been
                 D
So hurry up and lose me
  G                    Em
Hurry up and find me, again

G Em (x2)

         G
But I am no less bound to you
             Em              
Than when I crossed into your 
  C
silence
        G             Em
When I held your solitude
               G
But you never liked it

When I'd play dead
        Em               C        
And you wondered why my love songs
       G                 Em
 are always the grieving kind
       C             G            
Why I wander off to search for my 
                  Em
reflection in the crowd

C                  Em
Oh, forget I said love
     G                         C
And also, don't forget I said love
            D                G 
We are not alone and we are more 
                    C
alone than we've ever been
                 D
So hurry up and lose me
 G                   Em
Hurry up and find me again