INTRO play intro chords once only C-G-Em-D X2 C G Em D I was left to my own de--v-i-c-e-s C G Em D Many days fell away with nothing to show C G And the walls kept tumbling down Em D In the city that we l-o-v-e-d C G Great clouds roll over the hills Em D Bringing darkness from A-B-o-v-E C But if you close your eyes, G Does it almost feel like Em D Nothing changed at all? C And if you close your eyes, G Does it almost feel like Em D You've been here before? C Em D How am I gonna be an optimist about this? C Em D How am I gonna be an optimist about this? C G Em D We were caught up and lost in all of our vices C G Em D In your pose as the dust settles around us C G And the walls kept tumbling down Em D In the city that we l-o-v-e-d C G Great clouds roll over the hills Em D Bringing darkness from A-B]-o-v-E C But if you close your eyes, G Does it almost feel like Em D Nothing changed at all? C And if you close your eyes, G Does it almost feel like Em D You've been here before? C G D How am I gonna be an optimist about this? C G D How am I gonna be an optimist about this? Instrumental C-G-Em-D C G Oh where do we begin? Em D The rubble or our sins? C G Oh where do we begin? Em D The rubble or our sins? C G And the walls kept tumbling down Em D In the city that we l-o-v-e-d C G Great clouds roll over the hills Em D Bringing darkness from A-B-o-v-E C But if you close your eyes, G Does it almost feel like Em D Nothing changed at all? C And if you close your eyes, G Does it almost feel like Em D You've been here before? C Em D How am I gonna be an optimist about this? C Em D How am I gonna be an optimist about this? C But if you close your eyes, G Does it almost feel like Em D Nothing changed at all? OUTRO C-G-Em-D X2