C          Em        G     D
I was left to my own devices
C         Em             G          D
Many days fell away with nothing to show


C                           Em
And the walls kept tumbling down
                    G   D
In the city that we loved
C                          Em
Great clouds roll over the hills
                       G  D
Bringing darkness from above


                      C
But if you close your eyes,
        Em
Does it almost feel like
G                  D
Nothing changed at all?
                      C
And if you close your eyes,
        Em
Does it almost feel like
G                D       
You've been here before?


C                    G        D
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
C                    G        D
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?


C              Em             G          D
We were caught up and lost in all of our vices
C            Em          G              D
In your pose as the dust settles around us


C                           Em
And the walls kept tumbling down
                    G   D
In the city that we loved
C                          Em
Great clouds roll over the hills
                       G  D
Bringing darkness from above


                      C
But if you close your eyes,
        Em
Does it almost feel like
G                  D
Nothing changed at all?
                      C
And if you close your eyes,
        Em
Does it almost feel like
G                D       
You've been here before?


C                    G        D
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
C                    G        D
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?

Interlude: C  Em  G  D

C              G
Oh where do we begin?
Em                D
The rubble or our sins?
C              G
Oh where do we begin?
Em                D
The rubble or our sins?


C                           Em
And the walls kept tumbling down
                    G   D
In the city that we loved
C                          Em
Great clouds roll over the hills
                       G  D
Bringing darkness from above


                     C
But if you close your eyes,
        Em
Does it almost feel like
G                  D
Nothing changed at all?
                      C
And if you close your eyes,
        Em
Does it almost feel like
G                D       
You've been here before?


C                    G        D
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
C                    G        D
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?


                      C
But if you close your eyes,
        Em
Does it almost feel like
G                  D
Nothing changed at all?

Outro -x2-: C  Em  G  E