Blind To The Beautiful

	  		

Blind to the Beautiful 
Intro:  G 
Interludes between verses are in G 
Solo phrase is the chords for a verse then Chorus. 

                G                Am               C 
The stars are fading, ashes to ashes and dust to dust, 
                       G                Am                   C 
The bread we have broken, the wine we drank from tarnished cups, 
        F                    C          G 
And I stopped believing in miracles a long, long time ago, 
    F                    C          G 
I lost my faith and I sacrificed my soul, 
    Am               C                    G 
I worshiped fallen idols, chased false prophets to an end, 
            Am                C            G 
To where I just can't see the beautiful anymore 
  

             G          Am                    C 
The ice retreating, mountains exposed in the sun, 
              G         Am                   C 
The earth is baking, raindrops precede the floods 
        F              C                G 
And hurricanes with children's names write our history 
    F                    C           G 
Signatures tracked by satellites on high,  
                 Am               C                   G 
We should have talked about the weather a bit more seriously, 
           Am                       C 
More than stocks and shares and corporate wares, 
           G-C             G-C                      G 
We were blinded by the skeptics and their greed 
   Am                     C       G           
I just can't see the beautiful anymore; 
   Am                     C        G 
I just can't see the beautiful anymore 
  

    Am                         C                G 
I howled and I cried when the melody died, the song was finally over, 
             Am              C                       G 
There was nothing to say, words stole away, their meaning lost in the ether, 
 F                       C                   G 
What there was left stopped making sense, a broken up alphabet, language dispersed 
    Am                  C         G 
I just can't hear the beautiful anymore 
  
Solo/Instrumental 

                 G      Am                 C                 
The oceans are rising, islands in time disappear,  
              G        Am                      C 
The canyons burning, forests consumed by the flames, 
       F                   C              G 
Wildfires rage across the plains to be starved by barren soil, 
     F                 C              G 
Deserted farms where seeds refuse to grow, 
     Am                C                       G 
I close my eyes to cloudless skies I dream of what we had before, 
    Am                   C        G 
I just can't see the beautiful anymore 
     Am                 C         G 
I just can't see the beautiful anymore