Intro:

F G F x4



Verse:

F   G   F
         Here on your doorstep 
F   G   F
         With history before you 
F   G   F
         Watch me fuck up again 
F   G   F
         I’m always punishing
Eb    D      F      C
Say a prayer for me now


F   G   F
         With all the beauty in the world
F   G   F 
         At our vile little fingertips
Eb    D               F      C
I can’t help where the gavel slams



Pre-chorus:

Eb        Gm       Cm
Elephants tied to a daisy
Eb        Gm       Cm
Babies left on doorsteps
Eb        Gm     D       Gm
Slow erosion of all hope and faith
Eb             F        Eb 
I wish I could say it matters
Eb       F       Eb
You claim and you cry
Eb       F         G       
Histrionics and all the lying

 
F   G   F 
         I was sworn to protect you from the 
Eb       D           F            C
crazy, the crazies, the crazy out there



Chorus:

Cm      Bb Ab
I am the son
Gm      F Ab Eb    Eb D C#
I am the sun
F      B   C#
I am the son
Cm          B  Bb     Ab
When you are done with me
Gm    F Ab Eb
Let me go free 
D C#            F      B   C#
I swear I won’t bother anyone 
Cm      B Bb Ab
I am the son
Gm   Eb D F C
I am the son



Verse:


F G F x2

F          G         F 
All I ever wanted to be 
F          G         F
Was your angel, your angel, your angel 
Eb         D         F     C  
Peace be with me and also with you



Pre-chorus:

Eb          Gm           Cm
I’ve got my work cut out for me
Eb          Gm           Cm
Climbing the resistance mounting 
Eb          D        Eb                    F
You can run but you can’t come anywhere near hiding 
Eb        Gm                 Cm
We are likely to bleed for a bit 
       Eb          D            Eb        F             Gm
You can climb and crawl to the top of the cliff, to the cliff
          F       Eb   D 
That I’d fall you off  
     C#       F B 
You said I would fly


Chorus:

Cm         B Bb Ab
Head for the sun
    Gm          F  Ab  Eb  D
Get lost in the sun/son 
   C#       F             B   C#
I swear I’d follow you anywhere
Cm        B Bb Ab
We are the sum 
  Gm          F  Ab Eb   D
Of all we have done 
    C#       F      B    C#
Beware who’ll follow you 
Cm             B Bb Ab
Beware of what comes 
     Gm           F Ab Eb   D
After all we have done 
      C#         F       B
Can’t stay this dumb forever 
Cm         B Bb Ab
Let this be done 
    Gm        F  Ab  Eb D
So we can get on 
C#                   F       B
You can laugh at me all you want