[Intro]
A# F Dm C 2x
[Verse]
A# F Dm C
I was left to my own devices
A# F Dm C
Many days fell away with nothing to show
[Pre-chorus]
A# F
And the walls kept tumbling down
Dm C
In the city that we loved
A# F
Great clouds roll over the hills
Dm C
Bringing darkness from above
[Chorus]
A#
But if you close your eyes,
F
Does it almost feel like
Dm C
Nothing changed at all?
A#
And if you close your eyes,
F
Does it almost feel like
Dm C
You've been here before?
A# Dm C
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
A# Dm C
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
[Verse]
A# F Dm C
We were caught up and lost in all of our vices
A# F Dm C
In your pose as the dust settles around us
[Pre-chorus]
A# F
And the walls kept tumbling down
Dm C
In the city that we loved
A# F
Great clouds roll over the hills
Dm C
Bringing darkness from above
[Chorus]
A#
But if you close your eyes,
F
Does it almost feel like
Dm C
Nothing changed at all?
A#
And if you close your eyes,
F
Does it almost feel like
Dm C
You've been here before?
A# F C
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
A# F C
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
[Interlude]
A# F Dm C
[Bridge]
A# F
Oh where do we begin?
Dm C
The rubble or our sins?
A# F
Oh where do we begin?
Dm C
The rubble or our sins?
[Pre-chorus]
A# F
And the walls kept tumbling down
Dm C
In the city that we loved
A# F
Great clouds roll over the hills
Dm C
Bringing darkness from above
[Chorus]
A#
But if you close your eyes,
F
Does it almost feel like
Dm C
Nothing changed at all?
A#
And if you close your eyes,
F
Does it almost feel like
Dm C
You've been here before?
A# Dm C
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
A# Dm C
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
[Chorus]
A#
But if you close your eyes,
F
Does it almost feel like
Dm C
Nothing changed at all?
[Outro]
A# F Dm C 2x
[Intro]
A# F Dm C 2x
[Verse]
A# F Dm C
I was left to my own devices
A# F Many days fell away
Dm C
with nothing to show
[Pre-chorus]
A# F
And the walls kept tumbling down
Dm C
In the city that we loved
A# F
Great clouds roll over the hills
Dm C
Bringing darkness from above
[Chorus]
A#
But if you close your eyes,
F
Does it almost feel like
Dm C
Nothing changed at all?
A#
And if you close your eyes,
F
Does it almost feel like
Dm C
You've been here before?
A# How am I gonna be an
Dm C
optimist about this?
A# How am I gonna be an
Dm C
optimist about this?
[Verse]
A# F We were caught up and
Dm C
lost in all of our vices
A# F In your pose as the
Dm C
dust settles around us
[Pre-chorus]
A# F
And the walls kept tumbling down
Dm C
In the city that we loved
A# F
Great clouds roll over the hills
Dm C
Bringing darkness from above
[Chorus]
A#
But if you close your eyes,
F
Does it almost feel like
Dm C
Nothing changed at all?
A#
And if you close your eyes,
F
Does it almost feel like
Dm C
You've been here before?
A# How am I gonna be an
F C
optimist about this?
A# How am I gonna be an
F C
optimist about this?
[Interlude]
A# F Dm C
[Bridge]
A# F
Oh where do we begin?
Dm C
The rubble or our sins?
A# F
Oh where do we begin?
Dm C
The rubble or our sins?
[Pre-chorus]
A# F
And the walls kept tumbling down
Dm C
In the city that we loved
A# F
Great clouds roll over the hills
Dm C
Bringing darkness from above
[Chorus]
A#
But if you close your eyes,
F
Does it almost feel like
Dm C
Nothing changed at all?
A#
And if you close your eyes,
F
Does it almost feel like
Dm C
You've been here before?
A# How am I gonna be an
Dm C
optimist about this?
A# How am I gonna be an
Dm C
optimist about this?
[Chorus]
A#
But if you close your eyes,
F
Does it almost feel like
Dm C
Nothing changed at all?
[Outro]
A# F Dm C 2x