To Ascend
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Intro: E G#m E G#m
E G#m F#
E
Were you drifting
G#m
On a strange tide?
E
Collecting visions
G#m
From the other side?
E
Caught between day and night
G#m
You were stealing moments past hours
F#
Of your life
And balancing on
E
The edge of a knife
G#m E
Memories of once longer days
G#m
They keep on flooding back
E
The adventurous times when we
G#m
Traveled life's road
F#
Though we were often blind
C#m
But with a lot more heart
E F#
And for each other
B
Taking the time
Em
On a wing and a prayer
B E
A wounded bird in the hand
F#
With the eyes of a child
B E
Come to understand
F#
I will open the book
B
Raise the pen
E
Let it reinvent
B
My life again
F#
Take me from where I am
As a freed bird
E
Flies from the hand
F#
To ascend, to ascend
( E G#m E G#m )
E
Were you catching
G#m
The last train to nowhere?
E
Playing out scenes
G#m
Of dark desert days?
E
Put it behind you now
G#m F#
Call out those bleak shadows from your mind
And never again
E
Slip through the cracks
G#m E
Memories of once longer days
G#m
They keep on flooding back
E
The adventurous times when we
G#m
Traveled life's road
F#
Though we were often blind
C#m
But with a lot more heart
E F#
And for each other
B
Taking the time
Em
On a wing and a prayer
B E
A wounded bird in the hand
F#
With the eyes of a child
B E
Come to understand
F#
I will open the book
B
Raise the pen
E
Let it reinvent
B
My life again
F#
Take me from where I am
As a freed bird
E
Flies from the hand
B
To ascend, to ascend
How to play To Ascend
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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.