Intro -x4-: Bm F#m D A Bm F#m D A Take what you need while there's timeBm A D A The city will be earth in a short whileBm F#m D A If I'm not mistaken it's been in flamesBm A D A You and I will escape to the seaside Bm F#m D A There is a storm in the distanceBm A D A The wind breathing warning of its imminenceBm F#m D A There is a lighthouse five hundred yards downBm F#m D A You and I will be safe there Dm Gm A There is a girl who haunts that lighthouseDm Gm A She saved me, I was swimming So young I almost drownedA# Dm A Under the water she sang a storyA# Dm A Of losing her lover She calls a warning Interlude -x4-: Bm F#m D A Bm F#m D A Love, you are foolish, you're tiredBm F#m D A Your sleeplessness makes you a liarBm F#m D A The city is burning, the ocean is turningBm F#m D A Our only chance is the lighthouse Dm Gm A Her lover was a sailor She went and she waited thereDm Gm A The door locked from the outsideA# Dm A Lover never arrived so she sings thereA# Dm A A Soft as a siren luring the ships off their course, how alarming Bm F#m D A We went in, we climbed up and looked outBm F#m The door locked from the outsideD A Three ghosts in a lighthouse
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