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There wasn't a correct version on here, so here it is.
It's in open D, like most of Marcus's songs.
I add an extra note to the chords to give them more depth.
D = 0-0-0-0-0-0
G = 5-5-0-5-0-0
A = 7-7-0-7-0-0
Bm = 9-9-0-8-0-0
~ = let ring
RIFF with strumming pattern
D |--0-0000-0-0000-0-0000-0-0-0--|
A |--0-0000-0-0000-0-0000-0-0-0--|
F#|--3-3333-5-5555-3-3333-5-3-1--|
D |--0-0000-0-0000-0-0000-0-0-0--|
A |--0-0000-0-0000-0-0000-0-0-0--|
D |--0-0000-0-0000-0-0000-0-0-0--|
DDUDU DDUDU DDUDU D   D  D  
Listen to the song to get the tempo right
| Bm| Bm| Bm| Bm|
| G~ | G~ | G~ | Riff 2x
'Cause I Bmknow that time has numbered my days
G~ G~ Riff 2x
And I'll go along with ev'rything you say
But I'll Bmride home laughing, look at me now
G~ G~ Riff 2x
And the walls of my town, they come crumbling down
And my Bmears hear the call of my unborn sons
G~ G~ Riff 2x
And I know their choices color all I've done
But I'll expBmlain it all to the watchman's son
G~ G~ Riff 2x
And I ain't ever lived a year better spent in love
'Cause I'll kGnow my wAeakness, kBmnow my vDoice
G   A   Bm   D   A| A| A| A  
And I'll believe in grace and choice
And I kGnow perhAaps my hBmeart is faDrce
G   A   Bm   D   A| A| A| A  
But I'll be born without a mask
Woo!
| Riff | 2x
Like the cBmity that nurtured my greed and my pride
G~ G~ Riff 2x
I stretched my arms into the sky
I cry BBmabel! Babel! Look at me now
G~ G~ Riff 2x
Then the walls of my town, they come crumbling down
You ask wBmhere will we stand in the winds that will howl
G~ G~ Riff 2x
As all we see will slip into the cloud
So come dBmown from your mountain and stand where we've been
G~ G~ Riff 2x
You know our breath is weak and our body thin
BmPress my nGose up to the gDlass around your heart
BmI should've knGown I was wDeaker from the start
BmYou'll build your wGalls and I will pDlay my bAloody pGart
To tear, Dtear tAhem dDown
Well I'm gonna tear, Bmtear Gthem dDown
'Cause I kGnow my wAeakness, Bmknow my vDoice
G   A   Bm   D   A| A| A| A  
And I'll believe in grace and choice
And I kGnow perhAaps my hBmeart is fDarce
G   A   Bm   D   A| A| A| A  
But I'll be born without a mask
[Outro]
Play the complete riff 3 times, then play the first progression and end on a D (open on all strings).
| Riff | 3x
F#|-3-33-5-55-| D ~~~ |

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