Brickwall Views(Chords)

	        

Intro: A 


verse 1: 
E             B/Eb     A 
  don't break too many hearts 
E            B/Eb     A 
  don't take too many arrows 
            C#m 
in the chest.  cry comfortably 
E        B 
  let us all know what you're 
C#m     E           B/Eb 
thinking is there a gesture 
        A 
i could use to clearly 
  E               B/Eb 
express i'm at an utter 
         A     C#m 
loss for words?   is there 
  B                  A 
a part of you that's torn? 
                   E 
that's larger than life? 
          B 
that will hold on for 
C#m 
one more night? 


Refrain 1: 

A 
  i've got a speech 
   B   A 
to make followed 
           B   A 
by a big parade  



E          A 
  northside closed 
    C#m       B 
eyes   all charades  
         A 
go on forever 
E           A 
  hands tied with 

fool's pride 
C#m     B 
   in a slowly 
        A 
fleeing summer 


verse 2: 

E 
  just throw your 
B/Eb 
hands up at the 
 A E       B/Eb 
sky no use trying 
     A    C#m 
to explain   the 
the clouds are 
B 
mirrors i'm 
   A 
disguised 
E         B/Eb 
  i'm not all 
          C#m 
that entertaining 
E     B/Eb 
  the city looks 
    A   E 
the same until you 
B/Eb 
notice smaller 
A      C#m 
changes   it still 
B               A 
knows us all by name 
E 
  it holds us 
B 
close to its heart 
C#m 
   it holds us 
B 
close to its heart 


Refrain 2: 
A 
  all my hopes 
       B 
are unaligned 
A 
  this diagnosis 
   B      A 
is self-designed 


(Repeat Chorus) 


Bridge: 

E       B 
  empty rooms don't have 
C#m         A 
pictures to talk to 
E           B 
  brickwall views demand 
C#m        A 
uninspired afternoons 
E              B 
  the days are flooding 
     A     E 
into months the nights 
     B           C#m 
are staring into centuries 


verse 3: 

A      B 
  i've got some 
      E 
older pictures 
A           B 
  of people i 
         E 
see once every 
       C#m 
couple years 
A 
  intrigued  
   B 
or unamazed 
E 
  "you were so much 
C#m 
different back 
   A          A 
in those days" 


verse 4: 

E               B 
  and now this smile has 
  C#m         E 
a bitter curve and now 
      B            A 
these eyes are unenchanted 
E            B        C#m 
  and all we see is a faded 
         A 
image of what we used to 
E      B        A 
be how can we relate 


Verse 5: 

E         B 
  when we don't know 
  C#m 
a thing about each 
A        E 
other anymore? 
        B 
when we don't know 
  C#m 
a thing about each 
A        E 
other anymore? 
        B 
when we don't know 
  C#m 
a thing about each 
A        E 
other anymore? 
        B 
when we don't know 
     C#m   A  E   B/Eb C#m A 
each other anymore? 


E B/Eb C#m A 


Outro: 

E            B/Eb 
  is there a gesture 
        C#m 
I could use to 
B         A 
clearly express 
          B 
at an utter 
         E 
loss for words