Keepers chords

[INTRO]
[Dm] [Dm] [C] [Dm]
[Dm] [Dm] [C] [Dm]

[Dm] [Dm] [C] [C]
[F] [G] [Dm] [Dm]

[VERSE]
We’ve been [Dm]sown, grown here on the soil
With [C]roots that burrow dee[Dm]p

We’ve been long left, but edges of the coil now
[C]Closer ever cree[Dm]p

[Dm]Elders, tellers, keepers of the bygone
[C]Treasures of the dir[Dm]t

Brush and string we and scribble and we sing
And [C]dig for the annals of the [Dm]earth

[CHORUS]
And we [F]try, try, [G]try
To keep a little [Dm]beauty in the world
All that [F]died, died, [G]died
We keep it in our [Dm]hands

[INSTRUMENTAL]
[Dm] [Dm] [C] [C]
[F] [G] [Dm] [Dm]

[VERSE]
In their [Dm]dark clouds, blackening the sun
They [C]came down to the shore[Dm]s

Motors hard, loud, beaten, overcome
No [C]peace here anymor[Dm]e

[Dm]Bridges rigid, wicked are the pillars
[C]Push us till we fall[Dm] (until we fall)

Prophet’s lies burn craving in their eyes still
[C]Casting a shadow over [Dm]all

[CHORUS]
And we [F]try, try, [G]try
To keep a little [Dm]beauty in the world
All that [F]died, died, [G]died
We keep it in our [Dm]hands

[F]Oo-oo-[G]ooh
we are the [Dm]fading voice (we are the elders, tellers)
[F]Oo-oo-[G]ooh
we keep it in our [Dm]hands

[INTERLUDE]

[Dm] Ooh, we tell it to the [C]page [F] [G]
[Dm] Ooh, we never let it [C]fade [Dm]

[CHORUS]
And we [F]try, try, [G]try
To keep a little [Dm]beauty in the world
All that [F]died, died, [G]died
We keep it in our [Dm]hands

[F]Oo-oo-[G]ooh
we are the [Dm]fading voice (we are the elders, tellers)
[F]Oo-oo-[G]ooh
we keep it in our [Dm]hands

[OUTRO]
[Dm] [Dm] [C] [C]
[F] [G] [Dm] [Dm]