Am  (Asus2) G
Am  (Asus2) G
Dm  C
Dm  C

Dm                      C
said you didn't need no horses on the ground
   Dm                         C
no satellite to trace his little head
  Dm                         C
i stopped for a drink then i left without a sound
        Dm                    Dm 
but the stories they followed me^

C                  G
someone stole the right words
   C                G
to try and frighten me
Dm     Em        C       Dm       Em    C
  come down i am    sure, sure of who i am

                        Dm
'cause the chorus is my sword
                         C
and the lighting's in my hair
                Dm
the seasons i recall
                         C
are the ones that i have shared
                       Dm
there's violence in my heart
              C
and i guess i had..

through the milano storms and the blossoms through the week
i saw this battle born, i was holding you in the street
ended by my house, 'cause a red light's warm indeed
and these men about will be shouting out to me

said you wanted more than stories in the sand
no heavy bellied caution around your neck
you loaded up the sick and cut your mother's hand
scraped and washed her clean

someone stole the songbird
and tore its book from me
come down i am sure, sure of who i am
'cause the chorus is my sword
and the lighting's in my hair
the seasons i recall
are the ones that i have shared
there's violence in my heart
and i guess i had..