D          F#m        A     E
I was left to my own devices
D         F#m             A          E
Many days fell away with nothing to show


D                           F#m
And the walls kept tumbling down
                    A   E
In the city that we loved
D                          F#m
Great clouds roll over the hills
                       A  E
Bringing darkness from above


                      D
But if you close your eyes,
        F#m
Does it almost feel like
A                  E
Nothing changed at all?
                      D
And if you close your eyes,
        F#m
Does it almost feel like
A                E
You've been here before?


D                    A        E
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
D                    A        E
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?


D              F#m             A          E
We were caught up and lost in all of our vices
D            F#m          A              E
In your pose as the dust settles around us


D                           F#m
And the walls kept tumbling down
                    A   E
In the city that we loved
D                          F#m
Great clouds roll over the hills
                       A  E
Bringing darkness from above


                      D
But if you close your eyes,
        F#m
Does it almost feel like
A                  E
Nothing changed at all?
                      D
And if you close your eyes,
        F#m
Does it almost feel like
A                E
You've been here before?


D                    A        E
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
D                    A        E
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?

Interlude: D  F#m  A  E

D              A
Oh where do we begin?
F#m                E
The rubble or our sins?
D              A
Oh where do we begin?
F#m                E
The rubble or our sins?


D                           F#m
And the walls kept tumbling down
                    A   E
In the city that we loved
D                          F#m
Great clouds roll over the hills
                       A  E
Bringing darkness from above


                     D
But if you close your eyes,
        F#m
Does it almost feel like
A                  E
Nothing changed at all?
                      D
And if you close your eyes,
        F#m
Does it almost feel like
A                E
You've been here before?


D                    A        E
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
D                    A        E
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?


                      D
But if you close your eyes,
        F#m
Does it almost feel like
A                  E
Nothing changed at all?

Outro -x2-: D  F#m  A  E