Towers

Intro 

Four, three, two, one 

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Play me something gently, I'm across the ocean missin' home 
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There are lights on sparklin' towers that shine dark when seen alone 
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Somewhere there's a mountain that overlooks the sea 
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I wonder if that mountain has got more rock than my band and me 
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And I ain't no victim to a naive boy's dreams 
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But I wish you were here now to see these damned old sparklin' things 



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It's a long road to heaven (Long road) 
        G          Am 
It's a far drop to hell 
           F              C 
I pray we outlive this fountain (Pray we outlive) 
   G                Am 
I reckon time will tell 
                           F    C 
The stronger folks keep goin' 
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No matter where they've been (No matter where they've been) 
                                   F      C 
And there are lights on sparklin' towers 
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That I'll never see again (I'll never see them again) 



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I am not the person that I was yesterday 
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And the things I'm seeing now will never be the same 
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Do you think God's a person or the blinking lights? 
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They reflect in her eyes while she walks these streets at night 
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Do you think God’s a person or is He just the sound 
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Of laughter through the walls in a place I haven't found? 



        F             C 
It's a long road to heaven (Long road) 
        G          Am 
It's a far drop to hell 
           F             C 
I pray we outlive this fountain (Pray we outlive) 
   G                Am 
I reckon time will tell 
                           F    C 
The stronger folks keep goin' 
                         G                            Am 
No matter where they've been (No matter where they've been) 
                                   F      C 
And there are lights on sparklin' towers 
                     G                           Am 
That I'll never see again (I'll never see them again) 

Final 

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Do you think God’s a person or is He just the sound 
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Of early mornin' creakin''on some floors way out of town? 
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I'm breathin' in a life and my legs are workin' fine 
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Do you think God's a person or the slowly passin' time?