Tom: E E A9 B9 e|---0----0-----2--------- B|---0----0-----2--------- G|---1----2-----4--------- D|---2----2-----4--------- A|---2----0-----0--------- E|---0----x-----x--------- Intro: E A9 e------7----0----7h9p7---5---------------5-| B-5---------------------------------5h7----| G------------------------------------------| D------------------------------------------| A------------------------------------------| E------------------------------------------| e-7----0----7h9p7-----5-------| B-----------------------------| G-----------------------------| D-----------------------------| A-----------------------------| E-----------------------------| Verso 1: E A9 No one would love me E A9 If they knew all the things I hide Verso 2: My words fall to the floor As tears drip through the telephone line Pré-Refrão: B9 A9 And the hands I've seen raised to the sky B9 A9 Not waving but drowning all this time B9 A9 I'll try to build the ark that they need E A9 To float to you upon the crystal sea Refrão: E A9 Give me your hand to hold E A9 'Cause I can't stand to love alone E A9 E And love alone is not enough to hold us up A B9 A We've got to touch your robe So swing your robe down low Swing your robe down low Verso 2: The prince of despair's been beaten But the loser still fights Death's on a long leash Stealing my friends to the night Pré-Refrão: And everyone cries for the innocent You say to love the guilty, too And I'm surrounded by suffering and sickness So I'm working tearing back the roof Refrão: And the pain of the world is a burden and it's my cross to bear And I stumble under all the weight I know you're Simon standing there And I know you're standing there