Dm Dm C Dm
Dm Dm C Dm

Dm Dm C C
F G Dm Dm

[Verse]
           Dm
We’ve been sown, grown here on the soil
     C                    Dm
With roots that burrow deep

We’ve been long left, but edges of the coil now
C               Dm
Closer ever creep

Dm
Elders, tellers, keepers of the bygone
C                   Dm
Treasures of the dirt

Brush and string we and scribble and we sing
    C                         Dm
And dig for the annals of the earth

[Chorus]
       F         G
And we try, try, try
                 Dm
To keep a little beauty in the world
         F           G
All that died, died, died
                  Dm
We keep it in our hands

[Instrumental]
Dm Dm C C
F G Dm Dm

[Verse]
         Dm
In their dark clouds, blackening the sun
     C                     Dm
They came down to the shores

Motors hard, loud, beaten, overcome
   C                Dm
No peace here anymore

Dm
Bridges rigid, wicked are the pillars
C                   Dm
Push us till we fall (until we fall)

Prophet’s lies burn craving in their eyes still
C                     Dm
Casting a shadow over all

[Chorus]
       F         G
And we try, try, try
                 Dm
To keep a little beauty in the world
         F           G
All that died, died, died
                  Dm
We keep it in our hands

F     G
Oo-oo-ooh
           Dm
we are the fading voice (we are the elders, tellers)
F     G
Oo-oo-ooh
                  Dm
we keep it in our hands

[Interlude]

Dm                        C     F G
   Ooh, we tell it to the page
Dm                      C     Dm
   Ooh, we never let it fade

[Chorus]
       F         G
And we try, try, try
                 Dm
To keep a little beauty in the world
         F           G
All that died, died, died
                  Dm
We keep it in our hands

F     G
Oo-oo-ooh
           Dm
we are the fading voice (we are the elders, tellers)
F     G
Oo-oo-ooh
                  Dm
we keep it in our hands

[Outro]
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F G Dm Dm