Verse 1
Bm 4                                A    
The lions in the street bend their heads 
                  G6  F#m7
For the reckoning day
          Bm 4                 
'Cause the interstate's giving up
    A                      G6   F#m7
Her dead for the reckoning day

Tag
A6                             Bm 4 
Would you come alive everybody would you come alive everyone
G6                        F#m7               Bm
Get up out of bed for the sound of the song unsung

Verse 2
Bm 4                       A
Bury all your guns in the sand 
                         G6     F#m7
'Cause the temperatures changed
        Bm 4                   A
And the blood shot eye of the sun
                         G6   F#m7
Stains the bones of the slain

[Tag]

Verse 3
    Bm 4                   A                     G6    F#m7
The hour's gonna take you apart on the reckoning day
        Bm 4                   A                      G6    F#m7
If the property lines of your heart are drawn in the clay

[Tag]

Verse 4
     Bm 4                   A                     G6   F#m7
The tidewater's taxing the shores of the washing away
    Bm 4                      A
The flood stands high at the doors 
                      G6   F#m7
Of the houses you've made

[Tag]

Chorus 1
D                Bm A         Bm9
    Lift up your head oh you gate 
             Em7
Lift up your eyes all you who wait
D                Bm A          Bm9
    Daughter and son ashes and dust
         Em7
Come untied from the weight of the age

Interlude
Bm7  A  Em7  Bm7  A  Em7  

[Chorus 1]

Chorus 2
D                D C#        Bm9
    Lift up your head oh you gate 
             G
Lift up your eyes all you who wait
D                D C#          Bm9
    Daughter and son ashes and dust
         G                       Bm7
Come untied from the weight of the age