Verse 1
Bm 4 A
The lions in the street bend their heads
G6 F#m7
For the reckoning day
Bm 4
'Cause the interstate's giving up
A G6 F#m7
Her dead for the reckoning day
Tag
A6 Bm 4
Would you come alive everybody would you come alive everyone
G6 F#m7 Bm
Get up out of bed for the sound of the song unsung
Verse 2
Bm 4 A
Bury all your guns in the sand
G6 F#m7
'Cause the temperatures changed
Bm 4 A
And the blood shot eye of the sun
G6 F#m7
Stains the bones of the slain
[Tag]
Verse 3
Bm 4 A G6 F#m7
The hour's gonna take you apart on the reckoning day
Bm 4 A G6 F#m7
If the property lines of your heart are drawn in the clay
[Tag]
Verse 4
Bm 4 A G6 F#m7
The tidewater's taxing the shores of the washing away
Bm 4 A
The flood stands high at the doors
G6 F#m7
Of the houses you've made
[Tag]
Chorus 1
D Bm A Bm9
Lift up your head oh you gate
Em7
Lift up your eyes all you who wait
D Bm A Bm9
Daughter and son ashes and dust
Em7
Come untied from the weight of the age
Interlude
Bm7 A Em7 Bm7 A Em7
[Chorus 1]
Chorus 2
D D C# Bm9
Lift up your head oh you gate
G
Lift up your eyes all you who wait
D D C# Bm9
Daughter and son ashes and dust
G Bm7
Come untied from the weight of the age
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