Before The Deluge Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

(play 2 times)

G C G C

G C G D

GSome of them were dreamers

CAnd some of them were Gfools

 Who were Emmaking plans and Cthinking of the futGure C G

 With the Genergy of the innocent

 They were Cgathering the Gtools

 They would Emneed to make their Cjourney back to Gnature

 While the Emsand slipped through the Gopening

 And their Chands reached for the Ggolden ring

 With their Emhearts they turned to each Cother's heart for Drefuge

 In the Emtroubled years that Ccame before the Gdeluge C G

GSome of them knew pleasure

 And Csome of them knew Gpain

 And for Emsome of them it was Conly the moment that Gmattered

 And on the Gbrave and crazy wings of youth

 They went Cflying around in the Grain

 And their Emfeathers, once so Cfine, grew torn and tatGtered

 And in the Emend they traded their Gtired wings

 For the Cresignation that Gliving brings

 And eEmxchanged love's bright and Cfragile glow

 For the Dglitter and the rouge Em D

 And in the Emmoment they were Cswept before the GdelugeC G

 Now let the music keep our Gspirits high C G C

 And let the buildings keep our Gchildren dry C

GLet creation reDveal it's secrets by and Gby C

 By and Gby... C

 When the Glight that's lost Cwithin us reaches the Gsky D

GSome of them were angry

 At the Cway the earth was aGbused

 By the Emmen who learned how to Cforge her beauty into Gpower

 And they sGtruggled to protect her from them

COnly to be confGused

 By the Emmagnitude of her furyC in the final hourG

 And when the Emsand was gone and the Gtime arrived

 In the Cnaked dawn only a Gfew survived

 And in Emattempts to underCstand a thing so Dsimple and so huge

 Believed that Emthey were meant to liveC after the dGeluge

 Now let the music keep our Gspirits high C G C

 And let the buildings keep our Gchildren dry C

GLet creation reDveal it's secrets by and Gby C

 By and Gby... C

 When the Glight that's lost Cwithin us reaches the Gsky D

Coda

G C G C

G C G D

Repeat coda and fade

I’ve added a sample fingerstyle arrangement of the intro. The intro is not played like

the original recording but it’s a way of playing

the intro violin melody combined with chords.

The vertical lines (|) above the high e string indicate the quarter note beats of the measures.