[Refrão]
B 
After the end when he  
F#/Bb        B 
tells her he loves her 
    B 
She promises not to let 
F#/Bb     Eb/G       G#m B(hold) 
go   They hold on to hope 


verse 1: 
G#m                       B 
   It all begins with the end 
E                    Eb/G 
Everything started within 
G#m                       B 
One or two seconds of a siren 
E 
Sounding over city limits 
  Eb/G  G#m 
singing Wind over water 
    B      E 
whipping A hurricane  
             Eb/G 
head long lifting A  
G#m 
tidal wave inland 
   B        E 
tipping Was the  
               Eb/G 
final early warning and 



[Refrão]
E         B 
After the end when he  
F#           E 
tells her he loves her 
    E        B 
She promises not to let 
F#                 G#m B(hold) 
go They hold on to hope 


verse 2: 
G#m 
Before the ending 
  B   E 
began Bottom lines 
and broken budgets 
     Eb/G G#m 
Dead ends All  
the early signs  
              B 
are in the writing 
E 
Catastrophic changes 
         Eb/G 
in the offing 
G#m 
Radical callers kept 
B          E 
lines tied up at 
         Eb/G 
radio stations 
  G#m 
Argument or 
        B 
conversation 
    E 
Cut quick to 
             Eb/G 
commercial nation 


(Repeat Chorus 2) 


Guitar Solo: G#m  B E  Eb/G  x2 


verse 3: 
G#m 
Welcome to the 
                 B 
dawning of a new age 
E 
Headline in 1953 
     Eb/G 
full page 
G#m 
President is 
                  B 
speaking at the U.N. 
E 
Preaching of the 
                   Eb/G 
promise of our progress 
G#m 
Atomic piece of mind 
       E 
from a radioactive 
     Eb/G    G#m 
life line Millennia 
         B 
in the making 
 E           Eb/G 
utopiannihilation 


Chorus 3: 
    B 
and After the end when he  
F#/Bb        B 
tells her he loves her 
    B 
She promises not to let 
F#/Bb     Eb/G       G#m(hold) 
go   They hold on to hope