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