Jackson Browne - Before the deluge

^GSome of them were dreamers ^CAnd some of them were ^Gfools Who were ^Emmaking plans and ^Cthinking of the fut^Gure ^{C G} With the ^Genergy of the innocent They were ^Cgathering the ^Gtools They would ^Emneed to make their ^Cjourney back to^G natu^Cre ^G While the ^Emsand slipped through the ^Gopening And their ^Chands reached for the ^Ggolden ring With their ^Emhearts they turned to each ^Cother's heart for ^Drefuge ^{Em G D} In the ^Emtroubled years that ^Ccame before the ^Gdeluge ^{C G}

^GSome of them knew pleasure And ^Csome of them knew ^Gpain And for ^Emsome of them it was ^Conly the moment that ^Gmattered ^{C G} And on the ^Gbrave and crazy wings of youth They went ^Cflying around in the ^Grain And their ^Emfeathers, once so ^Cfine, grew torn and ^Gtattered ^{C G} And in the ^Emend they traded their ^Gtired wings For the ^Cresignation that ^Gliving brings And e^Emxchanged love's bright and ^Cfragile glow For the ^Dglitter and the rouge ^{Em G D} And in the ^Emmoment they were ^Cswept before the ^Gdeluge^{C G}

Now let the music keep our ^Gspirits high ^{C G C} And let the buildings keep our ^Gchildren dry ^{C G}Let creation reveal it's ^Dsecrets by and b^Gy ^C By and ^Gby... ^C When the ^Glight that's lost ^Cwithin us reaches the ^Gsky ^D

^GSome of them were angry At the ^Cway the earth was a^Gbused By the ^Emmen who learned how to ^Cforge her beauty into ^Gpower^{C G} And they s^Gtruggled to protect her from them ^COnly to be conf^Gused By the ^Emmagnitude of her fury^C in the final ho^Gur ^{C G} And when the ^Emsand was gone and the ^Gtime arrived In the ^Cnaked dawn only a ^Gfew survived And in ^Emattempts to under^Cstand a thing so ^Dsimple and so huge ^{Em G D} Believed that ^Emthey were meant to live^C after the d^Geluge^{C G}

Now let the music keep our ^Gspirits high ^{C G C} And let the buildings keep our ^Gchildren dry ^{C G}Let creation reveal it's ^Dsecrets by and by ^{G C} By and ^Gby... ^C When the ^Glight that's lost ^Cwithin us reaches the ^Gsky ^D