Intro -synth, x2-: A  D

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

Pre-Chorus:
          D            Db
Just like most falling head in
       Bm              Db     E
Til my ghost fills the bed in

Chorus:
           A         D
So lift it up like a banner
        A       Dbm
Hold it up over me
        Gbm           D
If this war is never ending
            E
I take this love
          A
down with me
               D
-Like a banner-
A                D
  -Like a banner-

Verse:
A
I don't need fate 

to give it time
Bm
Doesn't take pain 
               Dbm
to change your mind
A
No weapon can sever 
              Bm
the soul from me

Pre-Chorus:
        D
Not the sorceress 
        Db
not the money
       Bm
All my cleverness 
       Db      E
all my cunning

Chorus:
           A         D
So lift it up like a banner
        A       Dbm
Hold it up over me
        Gbm           D
If this war is never ending
            E
I take this love
          A
down with me
               D
-Like a banner-
A                D
  -Like a banner-

Bridge:
A
It's around me in

my surroundings
Bm
It counts me when it 

starts the counting
A
In the chaos 

there is a standard
Dbm
I'm carrying it 

like a banner
A
It's around me in

my surroundings
Bm
It kills me when it 

starts the counting
A
In the chaos 

there is a standard
Dbm
I'm carrying it 

like a banner

Chorus:
           A         D
So lift it up like a banner
        A       Dbm
Hold it up over me
        Gbm           D
If this war is never ending
            E
I take this love
          A
down with me
               D
-Like a banner-
        A       Dbm
Hold it up over me
        Gbm           D
If this war is never ending
            E
I take this love
          A
down with me