[Intro]
C* G G/F#
C* G G/F#
[Verse 1]
C* G G/F#
A change of plans
C* G G/F# C*
One chapter opens as another ends
G G/F# C* G G/F#
So we begin
C* G G/F#
One lucky hand
C* G G/F# C*
Switch out the sequence till it makes a man
G G/F# Am C D*
No blind watchmaker winding up the strand
[Chorus 1]
C* G G/F#
Baptistina
C* G G/F#
Baptistina
C* G G/F#
Baptistina
Am C D*
Come crashing down, come crashing
[Interlude 1]
C* G G/F#
C* G G/F#
[Verse 2]
C* G G/F#
No god but change
C* G G/F#
No church but ashes and remains
C* G G/F# Am
No prayer but waking up to face the day
C D* C*
So face the day, face the day
[Chorus 2]
G G/F#
Baptistina
C* G G/F#
Baptistina
C* G G/F#
Baptistina
Am C D*
Come crashing down, come crashing
[Bridge]
C G
Come bright white light
D C
Come wipe the slate clean
G
Come burning sky
D Am
Red rain and roiling sea
C G
Let the small self go
D Am
Set these atoms free
C Em
To be swallowed by the new
D
Whatever it may be
[Interlude 2]
C* G G/F#
C* G G/F#
[Verse 3]
C* G G/F#
Hello, goodbye
C* G D N.C.
Quick as the shutter of an eye
[Chorus 3]
C* G G/F#
Baptistina
C* G G/F#
Baptistina
C* G G/F#
Baptistina
Am C D* C*
Come crashing down, come crashing down
[Chorus 4]
G G/F#
Baptistina
C* G G/F#
Baptistina
C* G G/F#
Baptistina
Am C D*
Come crashing down, come crashing
C* D*
e|-3--0----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-3--3----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-0--0----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2--4----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-3--5----------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Note: the C* chord is often accompanied by this riff.
He is strumming the C* chord shape while fingering this pattern.
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------3-----------------------------------------------|
G|---------0-2-4-------------------------------------------------|
D|---0-2-4-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-3-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|