"Keep Your Eyes Open - Acoustic Version"
NEEDTOBREATHE
Standard Tuning
F#m A
If you could soldier on
D
Headstrong into the storm
A F#m E
I’ll be here waiting on the other side
F#m
Don’t look back
A
The road is long
D
The first days of the war are gone
A F#m E
Take back your former throne and turn the tide
A
Cause if you never leave home, never let go
F#m
You’ll never make it to the great unknown
E
Open up your eyes
D
Keep your eyes open
A
Show me your fire, show me your heart
You know I'll never let you fall apart
F#m E
Keep your eyes open, my love
A F#m E (strumming in between chorus and verse)
F#m A
Just past the circumstance
D
The first light, a second chance
A F#m E
No child could ever dance the way you do, oh
F#m A
Tear down the prison walls
D
Don’t start the curtain call
A F#m E
Your chains will never fall until you do
A
Cause if you never leave home, never let go
You’ll never make it to the great unknown till you
F#m E
Keep your eyes open, my love
A
So show me your fire, show me your heart
You know I’ll never let you fall apart if you
F#m E
Keep your eyes open, my love
A
Open up
F#m
Open up
E
Open up your eyes
D
The weight is unbroken
A
Open up
F#m
Open up
E
Open up your eyes
Keep your eyes open
A Bm D(strumming in between chorus and bridge)
A
Don’t let the night become the day
E F#m
Don’t take the darkness to the grave
E
I know pain is just a place
D
The will has been broken
A
Don’t let the fear become the hate
E F#m
Don’t take the sadness to the grave
E
I know the fight is on the way
D
When the sides have been chosen
A
Never leave home, never let go
F#m
You’ll never make it to the great unknown
E
Open up your eyes
D
Keep your eyes open
A
So show me your fire, show me your heart
You know I'll never let you fall apart if you
F#m E
Keep your eyes open, my love
A
So tell me you're strong, tell me you see
I need to hear it, can you promise me to
F#m E
Keep your eyes open, my love
F#m E
Keep your eyes (Keep your eyes open)
A E A (strum out)