E        022100
A        x02200
B        x24400
F#m      044200
G#m      066400
A*       077650
B*       099870

Lick played at intro and other times in the song:
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-1-----------------------|
D|-2-------2---------------|
A|-2-----2---2-0-----------|
E|-0-----------------------|


[Intro]

E    A    E    A    x2


[Verse 1]

        E                                   A
Well, I woke up to the sound of silence and cars
                              E           A
were cutting like knives in a fist fight
      E
And I found you with a bottle of wine
     A                                                E    A
your head in the curtains and heart like the 4th of July

                   E
You swore and said we are not
           F#m
we are not shining stars
       G#m
This I know
               A*
'cause I never said we are

            E
Though I've never been through hell like that
     A                                                E     A
I've closed enough windows to know you can never look back


[Chorus]

          E                         A              B
If you're lost and alone, or you're sinkin' like a stone
      E    A  B
Carry on
         E                         A             B
May your past be the sound of your feet upon the ground
      E    A  B
Carry on
                E    A    E    A
Carry on, carry on


[Verse 2]

     E                                           A
So I met up with some friends at the edge of the night
              E    A
at a bar off 75
       E                                            A
And we talked and talked about how our parents will die
           E                 A
All our neighbors and wives


[Pre-Chorus]

        E
But I'd like to think
      F#m
I can cheat it all
        G#m                        A*
to make up for the times I've been cheated on
         E
And it's nice to know
           F#m
when I was left for dead
      G#m
I was found and I know not these streets
     A*                B*
I am not the ghost you want to be


[Chorus]

          E                         A              B
If you're lost and alone, or you're sinkin' like a stone
      E    A  B
Carry on
         E                         A             B
May your past be the sound of your feet upon the ground
      E    A  B
Carry on

B
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh


[Bridge]

   A          E            B
My head is on fire, but my legs they're fine
             A             E     B
'Cause after all, they are mine
                 A           E                B
Lay your clothes down on the floor, close the door, hold the phone
        A             B
show me how, no one's ever gonna stop us now


E    F#m    G#m    A*    x2


[Pre-Chorus]

       E              F#m
'Cause we are, we are shining stars
         G#m              A*
We are invincible, we are who we are
       E                       F#m
On our darkest day, when we're miles away
         G#m                        A*   B*
Sun will come, we will find our way home


[Chorus]

          E                         A              B
If you're lost and alone, or you're sinkin' like a stone
      E    A  B
Carry on
         E                         A             B
May your past be the sound of your feet upon the ground
      E    A  B
Carry on


[Outro]

(lots of oh's here, just keep playing E then A)

                E    A    E    A
Carry on, carry on
                E
Carry on, carry on