G                                     C
There's miles of land in front of us.
                                           Em
And we're dying with every step we take.
                                         D
We're dying with every breath we make.
                       G
And I'll fall in line.
                                  C
The stranger's back is all I see.
                                     Em
He's only a few feet in front of me.
                                 D
And I'll look left and right sometimes,
                  G
But I'll fall in line.
                         C
No one looks up anymore,
                                            Em
Cause you might get a rain drop in your eye.
                                D
And heaven forbid they see you cry,
                G
As we fall in line.
                                   C
And about this time of every year,
                                    Em
The line will go to the ocean pier
                             D
And walk right off into the sea.
                G
Then we fall asleep.


[Instrumental]

(G)  C   Em   D
 G   C   Em   D
 G   C   Em   D


[Verse 2]

G                               C
And as we near the end of land,
                                                Em
And our ocean graves are just beyond the sand.
                             D                    G
I ask myself the question, "Why... I fall in line?"

                                  C
Then out of the corner of my eye,
                              Em
I see a spaceship in the sky
                           D
and hear a voice inside my head.
             C            G   D/F#
"Follow me instead."
 Am          C            G   D/F#
"Follow me instead."
D
"Follow me."


[Instrumental]

C  G  D/F#  Am
C  G  D/F#  D

G   C   Em   D


[Verse 3]

G                                 C
Then the wages of war will start
                                    Em
Inside my head with my counterparts.
                                                      D
And the emotionless marchers will chant the phrase,
                            G
"This line's the only way."
                                C
And then I start down the sand.
                                       Em
My eyes are focused on the end of land.
                               D
But again the voice inside my head says,
               C          G   D/F#
"Follow me instead."
  Am          C           G   D/F#
"Follow me instead."
  D                    C   G   D/F#
"Follow me."
  Am         C            G   D/F#
"Follow me instead."
   D            C          G   D/F#
"Follow me instead."
   Am           C           G   D/F#
"Follow me instead."
   D           C           G   D/F#
"Follow me instead."
   Am            C          G   D/F#  D
"Follow me instead."


[Verse 4]

G                         C
Take me up, seal the door.
                                 Em
I don't wanna march here anymore.
                             D
I realize that this line is dead.
                       G
So I'll follow you instead.
                                    C
So then you put me back in my place,
                             Em
So I might start another day.
                         D
And once again I will be,
                    G
In a March to the Sea.