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The Earth Falls Asleep by Jeremy Spring / Abandon Kansas
Intro:
Can  
Eanyone tell me  
Emaj9how, how we  
A2learn to live with  
Eourselves?
I’ve been for
C#mgiven of things only  
G#God knows, but I  
Acan’t forgive my
Amself
After  
Eall of my searching  
E/ C  
I found who I  
C#mam, and it’s not what I  
Ewanted
But I’m  
C#mhere now, and I’m  
F#majbroken, come  
A2save me from this  
Ehell
guitar interlude:            E  E/      C        C#m  D  
Verse 1:
A2The earth falls  
Basleep much too early for  
G#mme
I close my  
C#meyes but  
BI can’t  
A2rest
My body is  
Btired, my mind is  
G#mrunning
From the  
C#mpast to the  
Beast to the  
F#mwest
Trying to  
G#mfind the blame that you’ve  
A2already taken from  
A2me
Chorus:
Can  
Eanyone tell me  
Emaj9how, how we  
A2learn to live with  
Eourselves?
I’ve been for
C#mgiven of things only  
G#God knows, but I  
Acan’t forgive my
Amself
After  
Eall of my searching  
E/ C  
I found who I  
C#mam, and it’s not what I  
Ewanted
But I’m  
C#mhere now, and I’m  
F#majbroken, come  
A2save me from this  
Ehell
guitar interlude:          E  E/       C         C#m  D  
Verse 2:
A2I’m convinced that the  
Bworld that we see is a  
G#mcurtain
C#mBehind which  
Bvast realms  
A2await 
us
Of uncharted  
Bmarvels and oceans of  
G#mmercy inside my  
C#mFather’s 
Beyes
A2And the mountains are  
Bgrandstands, that  
G#msheets of blue sky rest  
C#mup
Bon
F#mPeeled back with  
G#mease by your hands to  
A2reveal a glory I’ve  
A2never 
seen
Chorus:
Can  
Eanyone tell me  
Emaj9how, how we  
A2learn to live with  
Eourselves?
I’ve been for
C#mgiven of things only  
G#God knows, but I  
Acan’t forgive my
Amself
After  
Eall of my searching  
E/ C  
I found who I  
C#mam, and it’s not what I  
Ewanted
But I’m  
C#mhere now, and I’m  
F#majbroken
Bridge:
I want to  
Epay for the things I’ve  
E/ C  
done, and the people I’ve  
C#mhurt, get what I  
Ddeserve
But you won’t  
Alet me,  
Bno, you won’t  
Elet 
me
Outro:
My  
Ehope is in the unseen  
C
My  
Ehope is in the unseen  
C
My  
Ehope is in the  
Emaj9unseen, cause I  
A2see no hope in  
Eme
Chords:
Emaj9: 0-2-1-1-0-0
E/C: 0-3-2-1-x-0
A2: x-0-2-2-0-0
F#m: 2-0-2-2-0-0
G#m: 4-0-4-4-0-0

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The Earth Falls Asleep

by Abandon Kansas

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Emaj9

C#m

G#m

F#m

The Earth Falls Asleep by Jeremy Spring / Abandon Kansas

Intro:

Can

anyone tell me

Emaj9

how, how we

learn to live with

ourselves?

I’ve been for

C#m

given of things only

God knows, but I

can’t forgive my

self

After

all of my searching

E C

I found who I

C#m

am, and it’s not what I

wanted

But I’m

C#m

here now, and I’m

F#maj

broken, come

save me from this

hell

E E C C#m D

guitar interlude: /

Verse 1:

The earth falls

asleep much too early for

G#m

I close my

C#m

eyes but

I can’t

rest

My body is

tired, my mind is

G#m

running

From the

C#m

past to the

east to the

F#m

west

Trying to

G#m

find the blame that you’ve

already taken from

Chorus:

Can

anyone tell me

Emaj9

how, how we

learn to live with

ourselves?

I’ve been for

C#m

given of things only

God knows, but I

can’t forgive my

self

After

all of my searching

E C

I found who I

C#m

am, and it’s not what I

wanted

But I’m

C#m

here now, and I’m

F#maj

broken, come

save me from this

hell

E E C C#m D

guitar interlude: /

Verse 2:

I’m convinced that the

world that we see is a

G#m

curtain

C#m

Behind which

vast realms

await

Of uncharted

marvels and oceans of

G#m

mercy inside my

C#m

Father’s

eyes

And the mountains are

grandstands, that

G#m

sheets of blue sky rest

C#m

F#m

Peeled back with

G#m

ease by your hands to

reveal a glory I’ve

never

seen

Chorus:

Can

anyone tell me

Emaj9

how, how we

learn to live with

ourselves?

I’ve been for

C#m

given of things only

God knows, but I

can’t forgive my

self

After

all of my searching

E C

I found who I

C#m

am, and it’s not what I

wanted

But I’m

C#m

here now, and I’m

F#maj

broken

Bridge:

I want to

pay for the things I’ve

E C

done, and the people I’ve

C#m

hurt, get what I

deserve

But you won’t

let me,

no, you won’t

let

Outro:

hope is in the unseen

hope is in the

Emaj9

unseen, cause I

see no hope in

Chords:

Emaj9

: 0-2-1-1-0-0

E C

/: 0-3-2-1-x-0

: x-0-2-2-0-0

F#m

: 2-0-2-2-0-0

G#m

: 4-0-4-4-0-0

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