The Shine

Intro: G#m E (3x) B B It was exponential Memphis from a thousand feet G#m But when we landed we were black and blue B Running through the city with apocalypse eyes E F# Just miles of streets with nothing to do B Your warm heart had been frozen by some cold ideas G#m You tried to tell me but it came out wrong B I changed my strings, shaved my face and E F# Locked myself into the tower of song E F# It gets lonely in the tower of song G#m E B F# But I, I don't stutter when I sing G#m E B F# My melodies grow little wings G#m E B F# Huddled here grinding tears into red wine G#m E B Meet the darkness with the shine B We've got all our sons and daughters virgin blood on our hands G#m They'll be the offspring of these ugly wars B But if we kill off all our devils, will our angels die? E F# I found love living life like a whore B So here's some trusty chords and a melody G#m A pound of flesh for the brutal throng B For the heretics and walking dead and red headed girls E F# From the fool up in the tower of song E F# I'm a fool in a tower of song E F# Make the lonely fool smile, sing along G#m E B F# Cause we don't stutter when we sing G#m E B F# Our melodies grow little wings G#m E B F# Huddled here grinding tears into red wine G#m E B F# Meet the darkness with the shine G#m E B F# Meet the darkness with the shine G#m E B Meet the darkness with the shine E F# G#m E B F# G#m E B