Ten Thousand Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][Bm][D][G]
[D][Bm][D][G]
[D]Ten- thousand

[Verse 1]
[D]
glimmering like [A]coals [D]in our chest
[Bm]Ball bearings [A]drawn to
[D]the magnetic [G]breath
Of [D]ten- thousand weeping [A]with
wings on [D]their tears
Amidst [Bm]ten- thousand [A]voices
[Bm]for ten- [D]tho[Bm]usand yea[G]rs

[Verse 2]
[G]
For ten- [D]thousand graves yawning
un[A]locked and un[D]latched
Now [Bm]ten- thousand [A]holes
[D]with rocks on their backs[G]
Ten- [D]thousand tombs gaping
wide [A]singing the [D]praise
[A]Of ten- [Bm]thousand bodie[A]s
[D]un laced [Bm]and unl[G]aid

[Verse 3]
As [A]the ten- thousand highways
[Bm]unfold their [G]doors
For [A]the ten- thousand standing
[Bm]on Nineveh[G]'s shores
Where [D]the blood of a husband
[A]si [D]lences wars
[A]For [Bm]the girl [G]who ris[A]es to meet him[D]

[Verse 4]
And she [G]sings
World, I have overcome you
[Bm]World, I have overcome [G]you
[A]World, [Asus4]I have overcome[A]
By [Bm]my song [G]and the blood
of a son
[A][D][A][Asus4]

[Verse 5]
Ten- [A]thou[D]sand rivers
Run [A]red [D]like my veins
[Bm]Where the bones of men [A]hum
Like a [D]rattling [G]cage
For sinew [A]to cling [D]to
And wind [A]to [D]remain
In [Bm]ten- thousand [A]lungs
For [D]ten- thou[Bm]sand [G]days
[D]Breathing like a choir

[Verse 6]
Of [A]holes [D]in the ground
Where the [Bm]cyn ical have [A]lain
Where the [D]cynical go [G]down
Save the [D]gravity of time
Lets [A]go of her [D]drowned
Like [Bm]ten- thousand [D]sparrows
[A]Un [D]locked and un[G]wound
As the ten- [A]thousand high[Bm]ways
unfold their [G]doors
For the ten [A]thousand standing [Bm]on
Ninev[G]eh's shores
[D]Where the blood of a hus
[A]band silences [D]wars
For the [G]girl who [A]rises to meet [D]him

[Verse 7]
And she sings
[G]World, I have overcome you
[Bm]World, [A]I h[G]ave[A] ov[G]ercome
[Bm]you
[A]World, I have overcome
By my [G]song and the blood

[Outro 1]
of a son
[A][D][Bm][D][G]
[D][D]