Standard (EADGBE)

 Tune:

Devastation at last finally we meet

After all of these years out here in the street

I had a feeling you would make yourself known

You came along just to claim your place on the throne

 Now I have been overthrown, overthrown

And I thought If I told the right lines

 But these mockingbirds won't let me shine

Devastation my door was left open wide

You brought me into your heart then you swallowed my pride

I had a feeling you were hiding your thoughts

I made a not to myself, I merely forgot

Now I am overwrought, I'm overwrought

And I thought If I told the right lines

But these mockingbirds won't let me shine

And I thought If I told the right lines

But these mockingbirds won't let me shine

One day this ground will break

and open up for me I hope it will I hope it will

[solo see below]

Salutations at last, I'm down on my knees

I hear the bugle this morn blast Revile

Woke from a dream where I was in a terrible realm

All my sails were ablaze, I was chained to helm

Now I am overwhelmed, I'm overwhelmed

And I thought If I told the right lines

But these mockingbirds won't let me shine

And I thought If I told the right lines

But these mockingbirds won't let me shine

Solo

(half step flat also)