Babel

[Intro] Bm

[Verse] Bm Bm Bm Bm 'Cause I know that time has numbered my days Bm Bm G G D G D G D G D G And I'll go along with everything you say Bm Bm Bm Bm But I'll ride home laughing Look at me now Bm Bm Through the walls of my town G G D G D G D G D G they come crumbling down Bm Bm Bm Bm And my ears hear the call of my unborn sons Bm Bm G G D G D G D G D G And I know that choices colour all I've done Bm Bm Bm Bm But I'll explain it all to the watchman's son Bm Bm G G D G D G D G D G I ain't never lived a year better spent in Love

[Chorus] Bm A D G 'Cause I'll know my weakness, know my voice Bm A D G A And I'll believe in grace and choice Bm A D G And I know perhaps my heart is fast Bm A D G A But I'll be born without a mask

[Interlude] D G D G D G D G

[Verse] Bm Bm Bm Bm Like the city that nurtured my greed and my Pride Bm Bm G G D G D G D G D G I stretch my arms into the sky Bm Bm Bm Bm I cry Babel, Babel look at me now Bm Bm Through the walls of my town G G D G D G D G D G The come crumbling down Bm Bm You ask where will we stand Bm Bm in the winds that will have Bm Bm G G D G D G D G D G as all we see will slip into the cloud Bm Bm Bm Bm So come down from your mountain and stand where we been Bm Bm G G D G D G D G D G You know our breath is weak and our body thin

[Bridge] D G D Press my nose up to the glass D around your heart D G G G D I should've known I was weaker from the start D G A G Bm You'll build your walls and I will play my bloody part Bm Bm G D To tear, tear them down Bm G G D Well I'm gonna tear, tear them down

[Chorus] Bm A D G 'Cause I'll know my weakness, know my voice Bm A D G A And I'll believe in grace and choice Bm A D G And I know perhaps my heart is fast Bm A D G A But I'll be born without a mask

[Outro] D G D G D G D G D G D G D G D