Sirens
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C - Am +
Hear the sirens, hear the sirens.
C Am
1. Hear the sirens,
hear the circus so profound,
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I hear the sirens, more and
more in this here town.
G F G G7 C Em
Let me catch my breath to breathe
and reach across the bed,
G
F G G7
C Am
just
to know we’re safe I am a grateful man,
G F G G7 C
Em
this
life has been a light and I can see clear.
Am
C G
How to take your hand, and
feel your breath
D
or
feel this someday will be over.
Am C
G
I hold you close, so much to
lose,
D
knowing
that nothing lasts forever.
F C G
I didnt
care before you were here,
D F
I danced with laughter with
the ever after,
F C G
but
all things change, let this remain. + C - Am
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2. Hear the sirens covering distance in the
night,
C Am
the
sound echoing closer, will they come for me next time ?
G F G G7 C Em
Oh, every choice, mistake I’ve made, it’s not my plan,
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G7 C Am
for to send you in the arms of another man,
G F G G7 C
Em
and
if you choose to stay, I’ll wait, I'll understand.
Am
C G
It’s a fragile thing, this
life we lead,
D
if I think
too much, I can’t get over.
Am C G
Wound by the grace by which we
live,
D
our
lives with death over our shoulder.
F C G
Want you to know that should I
go,
D
I always loved you, held you high above, too,
F C E
I study your face, the fear goes
away.
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D7 - C - Am - C
Am
C G
It’s a fragile thing, this
life we lead,
D
if I
think too much, I can’t get over.
Am C G
Wound by the grace by which we
live,
D
our
lives with death over our shoulder.
F C G
Want you to know that should I
go,
D
I always loved you, held you
high above, too,
F
C G
I study your face, the fear
goes away,
D F - C
the
fear goes away, the fear goes away,
G
the
fear goes away !
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+ Aha, oho, aha, oho,
aha, oho, aha, oho, aha, oho, aha.
(orig. = capo 3rd) (Pearl Jam)