GBG
There's a shadow across the land
GBG
There's a hatred and a hunger, and it's hard to understand
DDmG
How we fell so far from where we began
BG
There's a stumble now in our step
BG
There's blood in the phlegm, there's a lump in the breast
DDmG
There's a smell of sickness on our breath
BG
There's a dread deep down in our bones
BG
Something is finished, abandon your homes
DDmG
Strike out into the great unknown
BG
But there are no new continents to be found
BG
No new frontiers to cross, no gold in the ground
DDmG
Stay with the boats -- lest ye be drowned
Key change G = Bb
F
Save what you can
Cm
Behind us, the old world in flames
FCm
Lower the lifeboats, take the tiller
Bb
Steer the way
Interlude
| Eb | Bb |
| BbEb | Bb |
BbEbBb
There are stories now worth being told
BbEbBb
There are victories to grasp more valuable than gold
GmEbBb
And we will speak of to our children when we're old
EbBb
There are battles now worth being fought
EbBb
There are lessons to be learned and later to be taught
GmEbBb
There are soldiers on the field who can't be bought
EbBb
There's a clarity now in our view
EbBb
From the prow we see far, all that's is old now is new
GmEbBb
Free at last, we know what we must do
EbBb
There is hope now in the wind
EbBb
And the millions who are marching demanding we be kind
GmEbBb
From the new lands the lifeboats might find
F
Save what you can
Cm
Behind us, the old world in flames
FCm
Lower the lifeboats, take the tiller
Bb
Steer the way
Interlude
| Eb | Bb |
| BbEb | Bb |
| BbEb | Bb |
| GmEb | Bb |
OutroF
Save what you can
Cm7Bb
Lower the lifeboats, steer the way
FCm7Bb
Find shore aground, oh the horizon through the waves
FCm7Bb
Steer a clear course to a new world, to a new day
F
Save what you can
Cm7BbE7BbBb
Lower the lifeboats, steer the way