Prayer Flags

Intro:
Cm G Eb D 
Cm G Eb D 


[Verso 1]

Cm      G        Eb         D           Cm 
I met a Moko man   from the other side 
           G              Eb         D               Cm 
The room began to capsize   as he was telling me his tales 
          G                Eb 
All my beliefs and best belongings 
            D                   Cm 
were flying useless through the air 
          G              Eb             D 
When they all were lost,   then we were brothers 


[Verso 2]

Cm     G                Eb              D                Cm 
By the wheel the teller stands, shaking numbers from his hands 
            G             Eb               D 
His face is masked and his coat tails are waving 
           Cm        G                    Eb 
He cries - "Round and round and round She goes 
          D            Cm 
Where She lands nobody knows 
          G              Eb         D 
But, hey, thank you for asking" 


[Refrão]
 
Bb                    G#           G       F 
The prayer flags are flying in the wind 
Bb                    G#           G       F 
The prayer flags are flying in the wind 
Bb                    G#           G       F 
The prayer flags are flying in the wind 
Bb                    G#           G 
The prayer flags are flying in the wind 

Instrumental: 
Cm G Eb D 
Cm G Eb D 


[Verso 3]

Cm      G               Eb        D           Cm 
By the last days of winter just a few of us remained 
           G         Eb               D           Cm 
We built a fire of remembrance on the frozen land 
           G                Eb              D                Cm 
And as the sparks flew up into the night to dance around the stars 
  G              Eb                  D 
Beneath our very feet the ground was shifting 


[Refrão]

Bb                    G#           G       F 
The prayer flags are flying in the wind 
Bb                    G#              G 
The prayer wheels are spinning in the wi----nd 


[Ponte]

              Eb                   G 
And there she blows... our time is gone 
                      Eb                       G 
And in the womb a new head is beginning now to turn 
                      Eb                         G 
Beyond these Carnival lights there is nothing at all 
                 Eb                      G  G  Eb  D  Cm  G  Eb  D 
Just the distant screams and the endless fa-----------ll 


[Verso 4]

Cm        G                 Eb      D          Cm 
A single drop of rain falls   on my windscreen 
             G           Eb           D        Cm 
We're closer to the very edge than we realise 
            G             Eb             D 
The bridges all have been washed away or bombed out 
        Cm         G        Eb         D 
And the water runs fast and black and cold 


[Refrão]
 
Bb                   G#            G                          F             Bb 
The prayer flags are flying in the wind (The prayer flags are flying in the wind) 
                     G#            G                          F             Bb 
The prayer flags are flying in the wind (The prayer flags are flying in the wind) 
                      G#              G                            F               Bb 
The prayer wheels are spinning in the wind (The prayer wheels are spinning in the wind) 
                      G#              G 
The prayer flags are flying in the wi------nd 

Outro:
Cm G Eb D 
Cm G Eb D Cm