Empire Builder

	  		
Intro 
G  C  x2 
G  Em x2 

Verse 
G 
This is not an escape 
                  C                            G         Em 
But I don't know how to hold somebody without losing my grip 
           G 
You'll say I was bound to leave 
               C 
Since I first stepped across your borders 
         G                 Em 
Since I crawled into your skin 

                     D              G 
Thought I heard you whisper in the dark 
                         C 
That you knew where the light would be 
 Em                 D                 G 
Thought I saw your shape against the black 
                    C 
Thought I felt you moving beside me 

            D                G                     C 
We are not alone and we are more alone than we've ever been 
                 D 
So hurry up and lose me 
 G                    Em 
Hurry up and find me, again 

G Em (x2) 

         G 
So I'll pass the lumber mills 
               Em                 C 
I'll pass the coal mines and the parks 
         G            Em 
And the dried up oil fields 
             C               G                                    Em 
I'll pass a thousand lonely pines that bend the backs against the sun 
            C                G                                Em 
But I'll mistake the station birds for the sound of my phone ringing 

                      D             G 
Thought I heard you whisper in the dark 
                         C 
That you knew where the light would be 
 Em                   D               G 
Don't wait for me to walk a straight line 
              C 
You can only hold your breath so long 

             D              G                      C 
We are not alone and we are more alone than we've ever been 
                 D 
So hurry up and lose me 
  G                    Em 
Hurry up and find me, again 

G Em (x2) 

         G 
But I am no less bound to you 
             Em                C 
Than when I crossed into your silence 
        G             Em 
When I held your solitude 
               G 
But you never liked it 

When I'd play dead 
        Em               C               G                 Em 
And you wondered why my love songs are always the grieving kind 
       C             G                              Em 
Why I wander off to search for my reflection in the crowd 

C                  Em 
Oh, forget I said love 
     G                         C 
And also, don't forget I said love 
            D                G                     C 
We are not alone and we are more alone than we've ever been 
                 D 
So hurry up and lose me 
 G                   Em 
Hurry up and find me again 

G Em (x4)