Stay The Stone
View chords used in this chart
Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
[Intro]
Am F C G
Am F Am
[Verse]
Am G
The sand slips through the hourglass
Am F
The rivers move and change their paths
C G
And I the stone divert their course
Am F Am
To send them on their way
Am G
The water swiftly passes through
Am F
It's future changed, and mine is too
C G
For as stone changes river's flow
Am F Am
The river marks the stone
[Bridge]
Am F C
Kingdoms rise from broken days
Dm Gm G
Full of dreams of changing ways
Dm Gm G
They burn so bright, each hope a song
Am F Am
To build a harmony
[Verse]
Am G
Their futures seem forever light
Am F
Yet each one goes into the night
C G
In whispers or in thunderous fire
Am F Am
Golden ages close their eyes
Am G
And still I linger, stone now marred
Am F
Grown stranger for the many scars
C G
Watching kingdoms fall to ash
Am F Am
the memories ever burning
[Bridge]
Am F C
I've stories many if you'll wait
Dm Gm G
For I've watched the river's ways
Dm Gm G
I've seen it's shadows and it's light
Am F Am
and glimpsed my own reflection.
Am F C
I'll sing of moons and dogs and ships
Dm Gm G
Of gods and men and races brisk
Dm Gm G
I'll sing of peace given and gone
Am F Am
And of ever looking up
[Instrumental]
Am F C G
F G Am
Am Dm Gm Am F Am
[Verse]
Am G
Onlooker, as you sail the years
Am F
My story will you hear?
C G
For you will go and I will stay
Am F Am
So take my stories on your way.
Am G
As you follow river's flow
Am F
And sand through hourglass does go
C G
Bring my story to those gone
Am F Am
They once were voices to my song
[Bridge]
Am F C
Waters break through stone's layers
Dm Gm G
My name they've washed away
Dm Gm G
My memories tied together with light
Am F Am
My self to lose to rivers flight
[Verse]
Am G
Goodnight my friends and all I've seen
Am F
I'll tell your tales to those upstream
C G
to carry them through their darkest nights
Am F Am
I’ll stay the stone to break the tides.
[Outro]
Am F C C
Dm Gm G G
Am F Am
How to play Stay The Stone
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is E. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.