{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2582211,"song":"Desolate Isle","artist":"Attalus","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11517656-desolate-isle-chords-by-attalus/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2582211?type=chord","rating":4.45507,"votes":3,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch]  [ch]A#m[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nWhere is the peace that they promised we’d find?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nPeace for our cities our children our minds?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe are desperate and lost on the winds[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nOf ideals that keep changing their course[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nUtopian dreamers only bring us new wars[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe are desolate at another dead end[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]C#m[/ch]   [ch]B[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                         [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nSo why does the tide always brings us to this?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                                  [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nIf heaven is real why’s it easy to miss?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                               [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nI want life but I’m content to exist[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G#m[/ch]                     [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nWithout knowing my purpose[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nWhere are the prophets the priests and the kings[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nWho looked beyond nature for the nature of things?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nThey’ve been ignored[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nAnd called primitive men cause their theories weren’t fully evolved[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nThey believed mysteries that science can’t solve[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut I’m unsure that we’re wiser than them[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]C#m[/ch]   [ch]B[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                       [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nWe look at the world through a narrower lens[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                                       [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nWe follow our reason and stop where she ends[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                             [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nWe put faith in our senses and forsake common sense[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G#m[/ch]                                     [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nIt’s disorder but we call it a new world order[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                                                     [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nAre we so righteous that we can make all the wrongs right?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                                    [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nAre we so enlightened that we can turn darkness to light? (No)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]                                     [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nWe’re just the cynics proclaiming the flaws[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                   [ch]C#m[/ch]        [ch]B[/ch]\r\nWe aim our polemic at political laws[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                       [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nWe’re fighting the symptoms because we can’t see[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G#m[/ch]                                      [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nOur greed is the cause - (Oh yes, our greed is the cause)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]                        [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nWe stand as judges when we should be standing on trial[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                     [ch]C#m[/ch]              [ch]B[/ch]\r\nWe’re the ones who make this world a desolate isle[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]C#m[/ch]                      [ch]G#m[/ch]    [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nWe’re the problem – every father every mother every child[/tab]\r\n\r\nBut the truth is we’ve grown to love the exile\r\n\r\n[ch]C#m[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]                             [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nOn this rock we’ve taken our stand[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]F#m[/ch]                           [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nJoined by the leagues of men now buried in sand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]                          [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nBabylon – we’ll build her again[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nThe great city of man[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G#m[/ch]             [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nBut this time we'll be sure she will stand![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]                                 [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nBut on this rock the castles will fall[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Here comes the light cast to wipe out the walls)\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]    [ch]G#m[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]C#m[/ch]                       [ch]G#m[/ch]     [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nWe can’t keep the waves of time from reaching the walls[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Oh dear humanity, where is your sanity?)\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]                              [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nEvery man – the great and the small[/tab]\r\n\r\n(And the women and the children)\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]    [ch]G#m[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]C#m[/ch]                      [ch]G#m[/ch]     [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nWhen the Tide overtakes us Justice will take us all[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Justice will break us, shake us just in time to see our wretched seeds)\r\n\r\n[tab]                                                        [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nAre we so righteous that we can make all the wrongs right?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                                       [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nAre we so enlightened that we can turn darkness to light?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]       [ch]F#m[/ch]     [ch]G#m[/ch]       [ch]C#m[/ch]                           [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nAre we so righteous that grace doesn’t have any worth?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]       [ch]B/D#[/ch]    [ch]A/C#[/ch]       [ch]B[/ch]                            [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nAre we so enlightened that we can build heaven on earth?[/tab]\r\n\r\nNo!\r\n\r\n[ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch]  x3  \r\n[ch]C#m[/ch]  [ch]A#m[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]E[/ch]  [ch]G#m[/ch]  x2\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                             [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nAre we so righteous grace has no longer has worth?[/tab]\r\n(Who can save us?)\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                                    [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nAre we so enlightened that we can build heaven on earth?[/tab]\r\n(Who can save us?)\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                               [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nAre we so righteous we can make all the wrongs right?[/tab]\r\n(Who can save us?)\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                               [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nAre we so enlightened we can turn darkness to light?[/tab]\r\n(Who can save us?)\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAre we convinced that we can save ourselves?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]E[/ch]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nC#m G#m C#m  A#m\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nC#m   B\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nC#m   B\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBut the truth is we’ve grown to love the exile\n\nC#m\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(Here comes the light cast to wipe out the walls)\n\n\n(Oh dear humanity, where is your sanity?)\n\n\n(And the women and the children)\n\n\n(Justice will break us, shake us just in time to see our wretched seeds)\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNo!\n\nC#m G#m  x3  \nC#m  A#m  A\nE  G#m  x2\n\n\n(Who can save us?)\n\n(Who can save us?)\n\n(Who can save us?)\n\n(Who can save us?)\n\n\nE","chords":["C#m","G#m","A#m","A","B","G#","E","F#m","B/D#","A/C#","Am"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}