Capo 3
Am Dm
This is a tale that takes its place.
G Cmaj7
In Paris fair, this year of grace.
Fmaj7 Dm
Fourteen hundred eighty two.
E Am
A tale of lust and love so true.
(Arpeggios onwards)
Am Dm7
We are the artists of the time,
G Cmaj7
we dream in sculpture dream in rhyme.
Fmaj7 Dm
For you we bring our world alive,
E Am
so something will survive.
Refrain:
(silent) Dm7 G
From nowhere came the age of the cathedrals.
Cmaj7 Fmaj7
The old world began.
Dm/B E Am
A new unknown thousand years.
Dm7 G
For man just has to climb up where the stars are.
Cmaj7 Fmaj7
And live beyond life.
Dm/B E Am
Live in glass and live in stone.
Am Dm
Stone after stone, day after day.
G Cmaj7
From year to year man had his way.
Fmaj7 Dm
Men had built with faith and love.
E Am
These cathedrals rose above.
Am Dm7
We troubadours and poets sing.
G Cmaj7
That love is all and everything.
Fmaj7 Dm
We promise you, all human kind.
E Am
Tomorrow will be fine.
Repeat Refrain
(change from capo 3 to capo 5 during the silence in the coming line)
Repeat Refrain
(change from capo 5 to capo 7 during the silence in the coming line)
(silent) Dm7 G
But it is doomed the age of the cathedrals.
Cmaj7 Fmaj7
Barbarians wait.
Dm/B E Am
At the gates of Paris fair.
Dm7 G
Oh let them in, these pagans and these vandals.
Cmaj7 Fmaj7
A wise man once said.
Dm/B E Am
In two thousand, this world ends.
Dm/B E Am
In two thousand, this world ends.
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