Songbook

Empire Builder

By Laura Gibson

[Intro]
A  D  x2
A  F#m x2

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

                     E              A
Thought I heard you whisper in the dark
                         D
That you knew where the light would be
 F#m                E                 A
Thought I saw your shape against the black
                    D
Thought I felt you moving beside me

            E                A                     D
We are not alone and we are more alone than we've ever been
                 E
So hurry up and lose me
 A                    F#m
Hurry up and find me, again

A F#m (x2)

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

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

             E              A                      D
We are not alone and we are more alone than we've ever been
                 E
So hurry up and lose me
  A                    F#m
Hurry up and find me, again

A F#m (x2)

         A
But I am no less bound to you
             F#m               D
Than when I crossed into your silence
        A             F#m
When I held your solitude
               A
But you never liked it

When I'd play dead
        F#m              D               A                 F#m
And you wondered why my love songs are always the grieving kind
       D             A                              F#m
Why I wander off to search for my reflection in the crowd

D                  F#m
Oh, forget I said love
     A                         D
And also, don't forget I said love
            E                A                     D
We are not alone and we are more alone than we've ever been
                 E
So hurry up and lose me
 A                   F#m
Hurry up and find me again

A F#m (x4)