Styx – Build And Destroy (Guitar)

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As recorded by Styx (From the 2025 Album CIRCLING FROM ABOVE) [Intro] Am Em [Verse 1]
  Am
I once had this dream to build a machine

Am
So fast it breaks through the sky

Am
Nothing would stop this incredible mass

Em
Something that's never been tried

                                   Am
Miscalculations, great expectations
[Verse 2]
Am
No one believed that we could conceive

Am
This goliath of dreams that came true

Am
But now here we are, back with the stars

Em
Improving all of our moves

Em
Lost in the sky, we turn to A.I.
[Chorus]
F       G        Em        F
Tear it down and start all over

         G       Em
Find the path to hope and joy

F      G        Em F
Are we destined forever

   Dm                 F   Am
To build and destroy?
[Bridge]
D                                  Am
Turn off all that feedback in your head

D                          C     Em
Nevermind the stories they said
[Guitar Solo] Am Em [Interlude] Fmaj7 G Em F G Em F G Em Fmaj7 [Verse 3]
Am
Today here I am, on the ruins I stand

Am
Of all of you dreamers like me

Am
As you'd suspect, I often reflect

Em
Was that the way it should be?

Em
Newspaper said

Em
I was over my head
[Chorus]
F       G        Em        F
Tear it down and start all over

         G       Em
Find the path to hope and joy

F      G        Em F
Are we destined forever

   Dm                 Fmaj7   Am
To build and destroy?
[Outro]
   Dm                 Fmaj7
To build and destroy

   Dm                 Fmaj7
To build and destroy

   Dm                 Fmaj7
To build and destroy

   Dm                 Fmaj7
To build and destroy

   Dm
To build and destroy