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This Is The Time Ballast

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Aminor

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(Verse 1)
When Amdid we become these Csinking stones?
When Gdid we build this Fbroken home?
AmHolding each other like Cransom notes
GDropping our hearts to gFrip our brother's throats
(Pre-Chorus)
AmYou can't see because you don't know
You're caught Cbelow, beneath your own shadow
GStuck inside, half alive
Do you Fever stop to ask yourself why?
AmClose your mind, identify
Do you Cfeel, do you feel, do you call this a Glife?
All you waited for, Fdrowning just to keep score
We Amalways start with good intentions
But Glose ourselves along the way
﻿(Chorus)
AmThis is the time that we Glet it go
EmThese are the words that will Ftake us home
AmSinging the song that's Ginside us all
EmIf we don't open our Feyes we're walking Amblind
(Verse 2)
AmAnchored in anger, we exiCle ourselves
GBitter blood builds our pFrison cell
AmDarker water now fCills our lungs
The Gdepths of our heart have Fblacked the sun
[Pre-Chorus]
  Am    C    G    Fx2 
Am  G
[Chorus]
  Am    G    Em    Fx2
(Break/Solo Section) - (This section is up to how you arrange it for an acoustic version, it could just be
an instrumental break using the chords from the verse (Am, C, G, F) or the chords form the chorus (Am, G, Em,
F). Below I have put the lyrics in for this section along with the bass notes as chords, however for an 
acoustic cover just play about with this section until you find what works for you)  
AmNaked we come, naked we leave
Fools we are, to hold tightly
AmWe aBre Cfree, Amwe are free
FWe are the jail, Gwe are the key, AWe are the jail, Bwe are the keyAm  
(Chorus (w/ Lyric Changes))
AmThis is the time that we Glet it go
EmThese are the words that will Fsave us all
AmSinging the song that's Ginside us all
EmIf we just open our Feyes
AmThis is the time that we Glet it go
EmThis is the pain we are Fforced to know
AmSinging the song that's Ginside, inside us Emall, inside us Fall
(Outro)
(Am, C, G, F)
(Walking blind)
(Am, C, G, F)

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This Is The Time Ballast

by Nothing More

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(Verse 1)

Am C

When did we become these sinking stones?

G F

When did we build this broken home?

Am C

Holding each other like ransom notes

G F

Dropping our hearts to grip our brother's throats

(Pre-Chorus)

You can't see because you don't know

You're caught below, beneath your own shadow

Stuck inside, half alive

Do you ever stop to ask yourself why?

Close your mind, identify

C G

Do you feel, do you feel, do you call this a life?

All you waited for, drowning just to keep score

We always start with good intentions

But lose ourselves along the way

(Chorus)

Am G

This is the time that we let it go

Em F

These are the words that will take us home

Am G

Singing the song that's inside us all

Em F Am

If we don't open our eyes we're walking blind

(Verse 2)

Am C

Anchored in anger, we exile ourselves

G F

Bitter blood builds our prison cell

Am C

Darker water now fills our lungs

G F

The depths of our heart have blacked the sun

[Pre-Chorus]

Am C G F

Am G

[Chorus]

Am G Em F

(Break/Solo Section) - (This section is up to how you arrange it for an acoustic version, it could just be

an instrumental break using the chords from the verse (Am, C, G, F) or the chords form the chorus (Am, G, Em,

F). Below I have put the lyrics in for this section along with the bass notes as chords, however for an

acoustic cover just play about with this section until you find what works for you)

Naked we come, naked we leave

Fools we are, to hold tightly

Am B C Am

We are free, we are free

F G A B Am

We are the jail, we are the key, We are the jail, we are the key

(Chorus (w/ Lyric Changes))

Am G

This is the time that we let it go

Em F

These are the words that will save us all

Am G

Singing the song that's inside us all

Em F

If we just open our eyes

Am G

This is the time that we let it go

Em F

This is the pain we are forced to know

Am G Em F

Singing the song that's inside, inside us all, inside us all

(Outro)

(Am, C, G, F)

(Walking blind)

(Am, C, G, F)

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