D 554030 G 320003 Am x02210 Bm 224432 C 332010 Em 022000 [Verse 1] G Maybe it's bricks and mortar now C Whether or not they run it down G I don't want anything Am to shake that shape away G No one told us which way to come C Nobody mapped oblivion G Am So I go growing roses in disarray [Refrain 1] C D Just like most falling head in C D Til my ghost fills the bed in [Chorus 1] G C So lift it up like a banner G Bm Hold it up over me Em C If this war is never ending D I take this love G down with me C (Like a banner) G C (Like a banner) [Verse 2] G I don't need fate to give it time C Doesn't take pain to change your mind G No weapon can sever Am the soul from me [Refrain 2] C Not the sorceress D not the money C All my cleverness D all my cunning [Chorus 1] G C So lift it up like a banner G Bm Hold it up over me Em C If this war is never ending D I take this love G down with me C (Like a banner) G C (Like a banner) [Bridge] G It's around me in my surroundings Bm It counts me when it starts the counting Em In the chaos there is a standard D I'm carrying it like a banner G It's around me in my surroundings C It kills me when it starts the counting Em In the chaos there is a standard D I'm carrying it like a banner [Chorus 1] G C So lift it up like a banner G Bm Hold it up over me Em C If this war is never ending D I take this love G down with me C (Like a banner) G C (Like a banner)