500 Years

Intro: G C G C G C G

   Em        G          C
I opened my eyes as sunlight broke 
over the marsh.
   Em        G              C
My lungs were filled with sulphur, I
 was all washed up.
   G                 D            
Caught in a storm drain and into a
    C
 gutter.
   G          D         C
I had no memory of who I was.

Chorus:
 G                 C
500 years I was a ghost for you.
 G                 C
500 years I was lost for you.
  Em       D           C
There's nothing left of me,
 C                    G C      G 
I can't move on for 500 years. 500 
C
years.

G C G C G C

    Em              G             
I followed coquina sidewalks down 
      C
into the city,
    Em              G     
The palm rats danced on the 
                     C
telephone wires hanging up above me.
    G              D          
I knew that his black eyes were 
      C
watching on me.
    G              D              
I could feel the heat of the 
  C
flames reaching out for me.

  Chorus:
  G                 C
500 years I was a ghost for you.
 G                 C
500 years I was lost for you.
  Em       D           C
There's nothing left of me,
 C                    G C       G
I can't move on for 500 years. 500 
 C
years.


    Em               G
Somewhere in the cemetery,
    C
I know my corpse is rotting.
          Em                G     
With a cold heart in my chest and 
           C
not a draw left in my breath
     G              D        
Sometimes it feels like I have 
           C
always been here,
     G              D             
Sometimes it feels like I will 
       C
never leave

Chorus:

 G                 C
500 years I was a ghost for you.
 G                 C
500 years I was lost for you.
  Em       D           C
There's nothing left of me,
 C                    G C      G 
I can't move on for 500 years. 500 
C
years.