Intro -synth, x2-: F  Bb

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

Pre-Chorus:
          Bb            A
Just like most falling head in
       Gm              A     C
Til my ghost fills the bed in

Chorus:
           F         Bb
So lift it up like a banner
        F       Am
Hold it up over me
        Dm           Bb
If this war is never ending
            C
I take this love
          F
down with me
               Bb
-Like a banner-
F                Bb
  -Like a banner-

Verse:
F
I don't need fate 

to give it time
Gm
Doesn't take pain 
               Am
to change your mind
F
No weapon can sever 
              Gm
the soul from me

Pre-Chorus:
        Bb
Not the sorceress 
        A
not the money
       Gm
All my cleverness 
       A      C
all my cunning

Chorus:
           F         Bb
So lift it up like a banner
        F       Am
Hold it up over me
        Dm           Bb
If this war is never ending
            C
I take this love
          F
down with me
               Bb
-Like a banner-
F                Bb
  -Like a banner-

Bridge:
F
It's around me in

my surroundings
Gm
It counts me when it 

starts the counting
F
In the chaos 

there is a standard
Am
I'm carrying it 

like a banner
F
It's around me in

my surroundings
Gm
It kills me when it 

starts the counting
F
In the chaos 

there is a standard
Am
I'm carrying it 

like a banner

Chorus:
           F         Bb
So lift it up like a banner
        F       Am
Hold it up over me
        Dm           Bb
If this war is never ending
            C
I take this love
          F
down with me
               Bb
-Like a banner-
        F       Am
Hold it up over me
        Dm           Bb
If this war is never ending
            C
I take this love
          F
down with me