[Intro] D  A  F#m  E  

D          A         F#m  E
I was left to my own devices
D         A              F#m        E
Many days fell away with nothing to show

D                            A
And the walls kept tumbling down
                   F#m  E
In the city that we love
D                          A
Grey clouds roll over the hills
                       F#m E
Bringing darkness from above

                      D
But if you close your eyes
        A
Does it almost feel like
F#m                 E
Nothing changed at all?
                      D
And if you close your eyes
        A
Does it almost feel like
F#m                E
You've been here before?

D                    A         E
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
D                    A         E
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?

D              A              F#m         E
We were caught up and lost in all of our vices
D            A           F#m            E
In your pose as the dust settles around us

D                            A
And the walls kept tumbling down
                   F#m E
In the city that we love
D                          A
Grey clouds roll over the hills
                       F#m E
Bringing darkness from above

                      D
But if you close your eyes
        A
Does it almost feel like
F#m                 E
Nothing changed at all?
                      D
And if you close your eyes
        A
Does it almost feel like
F#m                E
You've been here before?

D                    A         E
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
D                    A         E
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?

( D  A  F#m  E )

D              A
Oh where do we begin?
F#m               E
The rubble or our sins?
D              A
Oh where do we begin?
F#m               E
The rubble or our sins?

D                            A
And the walls kept tumbling down
                   F#m E
In the city that we love
D                          A
Grey clouds roll over the hills
                       F#m E
Bringing darkness from above

                      D
But if you close your eyes
        A
Does it almost feel like
F#m                 E
Nothing changed at all?
                      D
And if you close your eyes
        A
Does it almost feel like
F#m                E
You've been here before?

D                    A         E
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
D                    A         E
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?

                      D
If you close your eyes
        A
Does it almost feel like
F#m                 E
Nothing changed at all?

( D  A  F#m  E )
( D  A  F#m  E )