Sleeping at Last – Mars (Guitar)

Gm          Cm        Gm
We laid our names to rest

                  D#            Cm
Along the dotted line.

Gm
We left our date of birth

                Cm
And our history behind.

Cm              D#
We were full of life,

                F       Gm
We could barely hold it in.

                F
We were amateurs at war,

                Cm
Strangers to suffering.

            Gm       D#
We made our families proud

                        Gm
But scared at the same time.

                    F
We promised we’d be safe,

                        Cm
Another lie from the front lines.

    D#                  
Our backs against the wall,

                 Gm
We’re surrounded and afraid.

                        F
Our lives now in the hands

                Cm      
Of the soldiers taking aim.

     D#
Our questions ricochet

                Gm
Like broken satellites:

                        F
How our bodies, born to heal,

                    Gm
Become so prone to die?

Gm
Though time is ruthless,

                              Cm
It showed us kindness in the end,

Gm                   Cm                      D#
As life replayed, we heard a voice proclaim:

     Cm            D#
"lay your weapons down!

                Gm
They’re calling off the war

                        F
On account of losing track

                        Cm
Of what we’re fighting for."

                           D#
So we found our way back home,

                    Cm    Gm
Let our cuts and bruises heal.

                        F
While a brand-new war began,

                            Cm
One that no one else could feel.

                           D#
Our nights have grown so long.

                      Gm
Now we beg for sound advice.

                        F
"let the brokenness be felt

                          Cm
'til you reach the other side.

           D#
There is goodness in the heart

           Gm
Of every broken man

                                F
Who comes right up to the edge

                        Cm
Of losing everything he has."

        Gm            D#
(Losing everything he has)

              Gm
(Losing everything he has)

                        F
We were young enough to sign

                     D#
Along the dotted line.

                    Gm
(To build a better life)

                        F
Now we’re young enough to try

                   Gm
To build a better life.

Cm                 Gm
To build a better life.