Intro: F7  C  F G C 

C                      G 
The mice tell bedtime stories 
F             C 
Lullabies turned blue 
E7                  Am G   F             C 
A crib song for the baby who has figured out the ruse 
C                            G             E        F7 
I travelled half way 'round the world to tell a story with no end 
F               C    
The dirt under a nation 
F      G         C 
Forsaken, on the mend 

Am               Em            F7            C 
I could say that for a moment it all made perfect sense 
Am                 Em      F        G 
No one holding posture, nothing heaven-sent 
Am                  Em                  E7           F7 
Hold the hand that leads you, there's no god here to believe 
  F                C             F  G       C 
What matters moves around us in the air we breathe. 

Instrumental:  F    C    F   G  F   E7 Am G F7     F   C   F  G  C 

C                    G 
There's nowhere left to sit 
F                           C 
It's the dirt ground or a broke-down bench 
E7               Am                  G    F           C 
Four walls and a rood- they say the house that Jesus Built 
C                  G             E7       F7 
A Child knows the kinds of a woman at her end 
F                    C 
In Song she found salvation 
F     G           C 
Forsaken, on the mend 

Am                       Em           F7       C 
I could say that for a moment it all made perfect sense 
Am            Em     F          G 
No unholy posture, nothing heaven-sent 
Am                  Em           E7               F7 
Hold the hand that leads you, there's no god here to believe 
F                  C                F  G   C 
What matters moves around us in the air we breathe 
F                   C               F    G    Am        C 
What matters moves around us in the air we breathe  

  F   G       C          
In the air we breathe.