Chords for Before The Deluge - Jackson Browne

[F] _ Yeah, I think [A] that life is [C] full of pain.
You know what I mean?
Like, _ _ it's [N] painful for everybody.
I mean, growing is painful.
But I think that _ _ the only way through it is through it,
you know, and _ anything that helps is a [G] blessing.
And that's why we do what we do.
That's why we do music.
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_ _ _ _ _ Some _
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of them were dreamers, _ _ [C]
some of them [G] were fools.
[Em] We were making plans [C] and thinking of the [G] future.
_ _ _ _ _ With the energy of innocence, [C] they were gathering the [G] tools
they [Em] would need to make [C] their journey back [G] to nature.
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] While the sun slipped through [G] the opening,
_ [C] and their hands reached for the [G] golden ring,
_ [Em] with their hearts returning [C] to each other's [D] hearts for rain,
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] the troubles [C] years that came _ [G] before the debut. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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Some of them were pleasure, _ _ [C] _
some of them [G] were fear.
_ [Em] And for some of them, [C] it was only the moment [G] that mattered.
_ _ _ _ And of the brave and crazy wings of youth,
[C] they went flying around the [G] parade.
_ _ [Em] And their feathers would [C] soar high, who [G] torn and tattered.
_ _ _ _ But [Em] in the end, they traded [G] their tired wings
_ [C] for the _ resignation [G] that they'd win.
_ [Em] In exchange, love's bright [C] and fragile fall
[G] for the glitter of [D] their arms.
_ _ [G] _ [Em] And in a moment, they were [C] smiles before [G] the dead heat.
_ _ Now let the music keep our spirits [C] high.
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_ _ _ _ [C] Let the buildings [G] keep our children dry.
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Let creation be [D] with us [G] by and by, _ [C] _ _ _ [G] by and _ by.
_ [C] _ [G] When the light that's lost [C] in us [G] reaches the _ sky.
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[D] _ _ _ Some _ _ [Em] _
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of them were angry _ [C] at the way the earth [G] was built.
_ _ By the [Em] men who learned [C] how to forge a beauty [G] of power.
_ _ _ _ _ And they struggled to protect her from us, _ [C]
only to be [G] confused
_ [Em] by the magnitude of [C] her fuel in the final [G] hour.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] When we said, this [G] time has arrived.
[C] In the naked arm, only [G] a few survived.
[Em] And in attempts to [C] understand it, it's so [D]
simple and so huge.
_ _ [Bm] Believe [Em] that they were meant to live [C] _ _ after [G] the dead heat.
_ _ Now let the music keep our spirits [C] high.
_ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] Let the [G] buildings keep our children dry.
[C] _ _ _ _ [G]
Let creation be with [D] us by [G] and _ by, [C] _ _ by [G] and _ _ [C] by.
_ _ [G] When the light that's lost [C] in us [G] reaches the sky.
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[D] _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] Let the music [G] keep our spirits high. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ Let the buildings [G] keep our children dry.
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_ [G] _ _ Let creation [D] be with us by [G] and by, _ [C] _ _ _
[G] by and by. _ _ _ _
When the light that's [C] lost in us reaches the sky.
[G] When the light that's lost in us, by and by, _ _ [C] reaches _ _ [G] the sky.
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_ By [G] and by. _ _ _