Couldn't find the lyrics anywhere, so this is my best guess at the words. Sorry
if I messed up a couple.
Also, I don't know the official chord names.
From what I've seen, they play it in standard tuning either open or capo 1st fret.
Tab was based on this performance (no capo): http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=W9PiLdjmR0w
Chords:
EADGBe
[E] 022100
[A] x02200
[B] x24400
[F#m] 044200
[G#m] 066400
[A]* 077650
[B]* 099870
Lick played at intro and other times in the song:
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-1-----------------------|
D|-2-------2---------------|
A|-2-----2---2-0-----------|
E|-0-----------------------|
Intro
[E] [A] [E] [A] x2
Verse 1
[E] [A]
Well, I woke up to the sound of silence and cars
[E] [A]
were cutting like knives in a fist fight
[E]
And I found you with a bottle of wine
[A] [E] [A]
your head in the curtains and heart like the 4th of July
[E]
You swore and said we are not
[F#m]
we are not shining stars
[G#m]
This I know
[A]*
'cause I never said we are
[E]
Though I've never been through hell like that
[A] [E] [A]
I've closed enough windows to know you can never look back
Chorus
[E] [A] [B]
If you're lost and alone, or you're sinkin' like a stone
[E] [A] [B]
Carry on
[E] [A] [B]
May your past be the sound of your feet upon the ground
[E] [A] [B]
Carry on
[E] [A] [E] [A]
Carry on, carry on
Verse 2
[E] [A]
So I met up with some friends at the edge of the night
[E] [A]
at a bar off 75
[E] [A]
And we talked and talked about how our parents will die
[E] [A]
All our neighbors and wives
Pre-Chorus
[E]
But I'd like to think
[F#m]
I can cheat it all
[G#m] [A]*
to make up for the times I've been cheated on
[E]
And it's nice to know
[F#m]
when I was left for dead
[G#m]
I was found and I know not these streets
[A]* [B]*
I am not the ghost you want to be
Chorus
[E] [A] [B]
If you're lost and alone, or you're sinkin' like a stone
[E] [A] [B]
Carry on
[E] [A] [B]
May your past be the sound of your feet upon the ground
[E] [A] [B]
Carry on
[B]
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh
Bridge
[A] [E] [B]
My head is on fire, but my legs they're fine
[A] [E] [B]
'Cause after all, they are mine
[A] [E] [B]
Lay your clothes down on the floor, close the door, hold the phone
[A] [B]
show me how, no one's ever gonna stop us now
[E] [F#m] [G#m] [A]* x2
Pre-Chorus
[E] [F#m]
'Cause we are, we are shining stars
[G#m] [A]*
We are invincible, we are who we are
[E] [F#m]
On our darkest day, when we're miles away
[G#m] [A]* [B]*
Sun will come, we will find our way home
Chorus
[E] [A] [B]
If you're lost and alone, or you're sinkin' like a stone
[E] [A] [B]
Carry on
[E] [A] [B]
May your past be the sound of your feet upon the ground
[E] [A] [B]
Carry on
Outro
(lots of oh's here, just keep playing E then A)
[E] [A] [E] [A]
Carry on, carry on
[E]
Carry on, carry on
