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Version 1 Version 2
[Intro]
| Am | Am | Am | C G |
| Am | Am | Am C | C |
| G Am |
[Verse 1]
Am F
We see a mother with no child
Am G
We meet a stranger poor, exiled
Dm Am
How`s the heart while it still beats?
Em
Asks a no one
G
Another John Doe
Am F
Sorrow hides well in your shell
Am G
A fellow man with hurt to spare
Dm
Dear one
Am
Here I am to share the fear
G
An act of kindness
Em
Without an amen
[Chorus]
Am
How`s the heart
Em
Underneath the silence?
F
How`s the one
Am
Drowning in the mire?
F C
Let us sound a human paean
G
Come in, the fire`s warm
C G
Burn the rope and dance some more
| Am | Am | Am | C G |
| Am | Am | Am C | C |
| G Am |
[Verse 2]
Am F
We met where the cliff greets the sea
Am G
Shared a story, took the leap
Dm Am
Rose up rooted, hid a note
Em
You know where
G
You`ve been there
Am F
Now there`s one who came from me
Am G
A child of light, another tale
Dm
Dear one
Am
Night will come but not to stay
G
Oh, why?
Em
The answer`s in the
[Chorus]
Am
How`s the heart
Em
Underneath the silence?
F
How`s the one
Am
Drowning in the mire?
F C
Let us sound a human paean
G
Come in, the fire`s warm
C G
Burn the rope and dance some more
[Bridge 1]
Eb Bb
Fair winds my love
Cm Gm
Fly towards the calm
Fm Cm
Fly utterly lost
F Ab
Towards a beating heart
Cm
A beating heart
[Bridge 2]
Dm
How is that heart
Underneath the silence?
Bb
How is the one
Drowning in the mire?
Dm
Let us sound a human paean
Bb Dm
Come on in, the fire`s warm
Dm
How is that heart
Underneath the silence?
Bb
How is the one
Drowning in the mire?
Dm
Let us sound a human paean
Bb Dm
Come on in, the fire`s warm
[Chorus]
Dm
How`s that heart
C
Underneath the silence?
Bb
How`s the one
Am
Drowning in the mire?
Bb Am
Let us sound a human paean
Bb
Come on in
Dm
How`s the heart
C
Underneath the silence?
Bb
How`s the one
Am
Drowning in the mire?
Bb Am
Let us sound a human paean
C
Come on in, the fire`s warm
F C
Dull the blade and dance some more
Dm
How`s the heart
C
Underneath the silence?
Bb
How`s the one
Am
Drowning in the mire?
Bb Am
Let us sound a human paean
C
Come on in, the fire`s warm
F C
Burn the rope and dance some more