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There wasn't a correct version on here, so here it is.
It's in open D, like most of Marcus's songs.
I add an extra note to the chords to give them more depth.
C = 0-0-0-0-0-0
F = 5-5-0-5-0-0
G = 7-7-0-7-0-0
Am = 9-9-0-8-0-0
~ = let ring
RIFF with strumming pattern
D |--0-0000-0-0000-0-0000-0-0-0--|
A |--0-0000-0-0000-0-0000-0-0-0--|
F#|--3-3333-5-5555-3-3333-5-3-1--|
D |--0-0000-0-0000-0-0000-0-0-0--|
A |--0-0000-0-0000-0-0000-0-0-0--|
D |--0-0000-0-0000-0-0000-0-0-0--|
D DUDU D DUDU D DUDU D D D
Listen to the song to get the tempo right
INTRO
| Am | Am | Am | Am |
| F~ | F~ | F~ | Riff 2x
'Cause I Amknow that time has numbered my days
F~ F~ Riff 2x
And I'll go along with ev'rything you say
But I'll Amride home laughing, look at me now
F~ F~ Riff 2x
And the walls of my town, they come crumbling down
And my Amears hear the call of my unborn sons
F~ F~ Riff 2x
And I know their choices color all I've done
But I'll expAmlain it all to the watchman's son
F~ F~ Riff 2x
And I ain't ever lived a year better spent in love
'Cause I'll kFnow my wGeakness, kAmnow my vCoice
F G Am C G | G | G | G
And I'll believe in grace and choice
And I kFnow perhGaps my hAmeart is faCrce
F G Am C G | G | G | G
But I'll be born without a mask
Woo!
| Riff | 2x
Like the cAmity that nurtured my greed and my pride
F~ F~ Riff 2x
I stretched my arms into the sky
I cry BAmabel! Babel! Look at me now
F~ F~ Riff 2x
Then the walls of my town, they come crumbling down
You ask wAmhere will we stand in the winds that will howl
F~ F~ Riff 2x
As all we see will slip into the cloud
So come dAmown from your mountain and stand where we've been
F~ F~ Riff 2x
You know our breath is weak and our body thin
Am Press my nFose up to the gClass around your heart
Am I should've knFown I was wCeaker from the start
Am You'll build your wFalls and I will pClay my bGloody pFart
To tear, Ctear tGhem dCown
Well I'm gonna tear, Amtear Fthem dCown
'Cause I kFnow my wGeakness, Amknow my vCoice
F G Am C G | G | G | G
And I'll believe in grace and choice
And I kFnow perhGaps my hAmeart is fCarce
F G Am C G | G | G | G
But I'll be born without a mask
Outro:
Ply the complete riff 3 times, then play the first progression and end on a C (open on all strings)
| Riff | 3x
F# |-3-33-5-55-| C ~~~ |