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Back When We Had Nothing

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[Intro]
G#m
[Verse 1]
G#mFlags upon the flBoor
And on this cold Ewar
Battle tBorn
Soldiers fEold
Lay down F#your armG#ms
Losing all contrBol
And down this rabbit holEe
Lost souBls letting gF#o
F#But I won't
[Pre-Chorus]
   EDown these halls
These holy wallG#ms
Echoes of light
Lost in timeF#  
Do you hear me call?
[Chorus]
    BBack when we had nothingC#m  
We nG#mever stopped runningE  
G#mBack when we had nothingE  
We had F#everythingB  
I feel my blood rushingC#m  
G#mBurning like a glory Eblaze
G#mBack when we had nothingE  
We had F#everythingB  
[Verse 2]
     G#mEyes against the wallBs
Won't surrendeEr
Bullets fBly
Blinding skEies
If we dF#ie tonG#might
When it all goes up in flBames
We'll fly this hurEricane
We'll wash aBway like tidal waEves
As it faF#des
[Pre-Chorus]
   EDown these halls
These holy wallG#ms
Echoes of light
Lost in timeF#  
Do you hear me call?
[Chorus]
    BBack when we had nothingC#m  
We nG#mever stopped runningE  
G#mBack when we had nothingE  
We had F#everythingB  
I feel my blood rushingC#m  
G#mBurning like a glory Eblaze
G#mBack when we had nothingE  
We had F#everythingB  
[Bridge]
B   C#m G#m  E G#m E
F#We had everythingB  
G#mBack when we had notEhing
We had F#everythingB  
[Outro]
    BBack when we had nothingC#m  
We nG#mever stopped runningE  
G#mBack when we had nothingE  
We had F#everythingB  

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Back When We Had Nothing

by Banners

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

G#m

C#m

[Intro]

G#m

[Verse 1]

G#m B

Flags upon the floor

And on this cold war

Battle torn

Soldiers fold

F# G#m

Lay down your arms

Losing all control

And down this rabbit hole

B F#

Lost souls letting go

But I won't

[Pre-Chorus]

Down these halls

G#m

These holy walls

Echoes of light

Lost in time

Do you hear me call?

[Chorus]

B C#m

Back when we had nothing

G#m E

We never stopped running

G#m E

Back when we had nothing

F# B

We had everything

C#m

I feel my blood rushing

G#m E

Burning like a glory blaze

G#m E

Back when we had nothing

F# B

We had everything

[Verse 2]

G#m B

Eyes against the walls

Won't surrender

Bullets fly

Blinding skies

F# G#m

If we die tonight

When it all goes up in flames

We'll fly this hurricane

B E

We'll wash away like tidal waves

As it fades

[Pre-Chorus]

Down these halls

G#m

These holy walls

Echoes of light

Lost in time

Do you hear me call?

[Chorus]

B C#m

Back when we had nothing

G#m E

We never stopped running

G#m E

Back when we had nothing

F# B

We had everything

C#m

I feel my blood rushing

G#m E

Burning like a glory blaze

G#m E

Back when we had nothing

F# B

We had everything

[Bridge]

B C#m G#m E G#m E

F# B

We had everything

G#m E

Back when we had nothing

F# B

We had everything

[Outro]

B C#m

Back when we had nothing

G#m E

We never stopped running

G#m E

Back when we had nothing

F# B

We had everything

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