Intro -synth, x2-: B  E

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

Pre-Chorus:
          E            Eb
Just like most falling head in
       Dbm              Eb     Gb
Til my ghost fills the bed in

Chorus:
           B         E
So lift it up like a banner
        B       Ebm
Hold it up over me
        Abm           E
If this war is never ending
            Gb
I take this love
          B
down with me
               E
-Like a banner-
B                E
  -Like a banner-

Verse:
B
I don't need fate 

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

Pre-Chorus:
        E
Not the sorceress 
        Eb
not the money
       Dbm
All my cleverness 
       Eb      Gb
all my cunning

Chorus:
           B         E
So lift it up like a banner
        B       Ebm
Hold it up over me
        Abm           E
If this war is never ending
            Gb
I take this love
          B
down with me
               E
-Like a banner-
B                E
  -Like a banner-

Bridge:
B
It's around me in

my surroundings
Dbm
It counts me when it 

starts the counting
B
In the chaos 

there is a standard
Ebm
I'm carrying it 

like a banner
B
It's around me in

my surroundings
Dbm
It kills me when it 

starts the counting
B
In the chaos 

there is a standard
Ebm
I'm carrying it 

like a banner

Chorus:
           B         E
So lift it up like a banner
        B       Ebm
Hold it up over me
        Abm           E
If this war is never ending
            Gb
I take this love
          B
down with me
               E
-Like a banner-
        B       Ebm
Hold it up over me
        Abm           E
If this war is never ending
            Gb
I take this love
          B
down with me