Tuning: Half-Step Down Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Bb, Eb F#m: 244222 A: x02220 E: 022100 B: x24442 F#m A E B you can't feel the heat until you hold your hand over the flame F#m A E B you have to cross the line just to remember where it lays F#m A E B you won't know your worth now, son, until you take a hit F#m A E B and you won't find the beat until you lose yourself in it F#m that's why we won't back down A we won't run and hide E B yeah! 'cause these are the things we can't deny F#m A i'm passing over you like a satellite E D - E so catch me if i fall F#m A that's why we stick to your game plans and party lives E B but at night we're conspiring by candlelight F#m A we are the orphans of the american dream E D - E so shine your light on me F#m A E B you can't fill your cup until you empty all it has F#m A E you can't understand what lays ahead B if you don't understand the past F A you'll never learn to fly now E B til you're standing at the cliff F#m A E B and you can't truly love until you've given up on it F#m that's why we won't back down A we won't run and hide E B yeah! 'cause these are the things we can't deny F#m A i'm passing over you like a satellite E D - E so catch me if i fall F#m A that's why we stick to your game plans and party lives E B but at night we're conspiring by candlelight F#m A we are the orphans of the american dream E D - E so shine your light on me D E she told me that she never would face the world again D E so i offered up my plan F#m A we'll sneak out while they sleep E B and sail off in the night. F#m A E B we'll come clean and start over the rest of our lives. F#m A when we're gone we'll stay gone. E B out of sight, out of mind. F#m A it's not too late, E B we have the rest of our lives. F#m A we'll sneak out while they sleep E B and sail off in the night. F#m A E B we'll come clean and start over the rest of our lives. F#m A when we're gone we'll stay gone. E B out of sight, out of mind. F#m A it's not too late, E B we have the rest of our lives. E D E the rest of our lives. F#m because we won't back down A we won't run and hide E B yeah! 'cause these are the things we can't deny F#m A i'm passing over you like a satellite E D - E so catch me if i fall F#m A that's why we stick to your game plans and party lives E B but at night we're conspiring by candlelight F#m A we are the orphans of the american dream E D - E so shine your light on me F#m no, we won't back down A we won't run and hide E B yeah! 'cause these are the things we can't deny F#m A i'm passing over you like a satellite E 'cause these are the things that we can't deny now D F#m this is a life that you can't deny us now