Tone: [G]
Intro -synth, x2-: G C
Verse:
[G]Maybe it's bricks and mortar now
[Am]Whether or not they run it [Bm]down
[G]I don't want anything
to shake that [Am]shape away[Bm]away
[G]No one told us which way to come
[Am]Nobody mapped oblivi[Bm]oblivion
[G]So I go
growing roses in [Am]disarray
Pre-Chorus:
Just like [C]most falling [B]head in
Til my [Am]ghost fills the [B]bed in[D]in
Chorus:
So lift it [G]up like a [C]banner
Hold it [G]up over [Bm]me
If this [Em]war is never [C]ending
I take this [D]love
down with [G]me
-Like a banner-[C]banner-
[G] -Like a banner-[C]banner-
Verse:
[G]I don't need fate
to give it time
[Am]Doesn't take pain
to change your [Bm]mind
[G]No weapon can sever
the soul from [Am]me
Pre-Chorus:
Not the [C]sorceress
not the [B]money
All my [Am]cleverness
all my [B]cunning[D]cunning
Chorus:
So lift it [G]up like a [C]banner
Hold it [G]up over [Bm]me
If this [Em]war is never [C]ending
I take this [D]love
down with [G]me
-Like a banner-[C]banner-
[G] -Like a banner-[C]banner-
Bridge:
[G]It's around me in
my surroundings
[Am]It counts me when it
starts the counting
[G]In the chaos
there is a standard
[Bm]I'm carrying it
like a banner
[G]It's around me in
my surroundings
[Am]It kills me when it
starts the counting
[G]In the chaos
there is a standard
[Bm]I'm carrying it
like a banner
Chorus:
So lift it [G]up like a [C]banner
Hold it [G]up over [Bm]me
If this [Em]war is never [C]ending
I take this [D]love
down with [G]me
-Like a banner-[C]banner-
Hold it [G]up over [Bm]me
If this [Em]war is never [C]ending
I take this [D]love
down with [G]me