Intro -synth, x2-: Ab  Db

Verse:
Ab
Maybe it's bricks and mortar now
Bbm                         Cm
Whether or not they run it down
Ab
I don't want anything 
              Bbm        Cm
to shake that shape away
Ab
No one told us which way to come
Bbm                  Cm
Nobody mapped oblivion
Ab                        Bbm
So I go growing roses in disarray

Pre-Chorus:
          Db            C
Just like most falling head in
       Bbm              C     Eb
Til my ghost fills the bed in

Chorus:
           Ab         Db
So lift it up like a banner
        Ab       Cm
Hold it up over me
        Fm           Db
If this war is never ending
            Eb
I take this love
          Ab
down with me
               Db
-Like a banner-
Ab                Db
  -Like a banner-

Verse:
Ab
I don't need fate 

to give it time
Bbm
Doesn't take pain 
               Cm
to change your mind
Ab
No weapon can sever 
              Bbm
the soul from me

Pre-Chorus:
        Db
Not the sorceress 
        C
not the money
       Bbm
All my cleverness 
       C      Eb
all my cunning

Chorus:
           Ab         Db
So lift it up like a banner
        Ab       Cm
Hold it up over me
        Fm           Db
If this war is never ending
            Eb
I take this love
          Ab
down with me
               Db
-Like a banner-
Ab                Db
  -Like a banner-

Bridge:
Ab
It's around me in

my surroundings
Bbm
It counts me when it 

starts the counting
Ab
In the chaos 

there is a standard
Cm
I'm carrying it 

like a banner
Ab
It's around me in

my surroundings
Bbm
It kills me when it 

starts the counting
Ab
In the chaos 

there is a standard
Cm
I'm carrying it 

like a banner

Chorus:
           Ab         Db
So lift it up like a banner
        Ab       Cm
Hold it up over me
        Fm           Db
If this war is never ending
            Eb
I take this love
          Ab
down with me
               Db
-Like a banner-
        Ab       Cm
Hold it up over me
        Fm           Db
If this war is never ending
            Eb
I take this love
          Ab
down with me