Intro:
D#(2 measures) Bb (1) F (1) (repeat X4)
Verse:
D# Bb F
We set out to find something to hold
D# Bb F
When seeking truth the answer is the road
D# Bb F
When seeking wisdom the journey is your home
D#
Fight through the wind, fight through the rain
Bb F
Fight through the cold
D# Bb F
We left ourselves behind on dancing wire
D# Bb F
The loved ones we left back home will be our choir
D# Bb F
Let the doubters be, The stick, the thorn, the briar
D#
Fight through the wind, fight through the rain
Bb F
Dance in the fire
Pre chorus:
D# Bb F
Don't bless me
D# Bb F
No, don't bless me
D# Bb F
We don't want your blessings
D# Bb F
Don't bless me
D# Bb F
No, don't bless me
D# Bb F Gm
We don't want your blessings
Chorus:
Bb Dm Gm
Give me the pen, Give me the sword
Bb Dm Gm
Let me cut away the darkness, and pin it to the wall
Bb Dm Gm
Let us sing a song of beauty as before
Bb Dm Gm
Give us the wind, give us the wind, Give us the storm (Repeat and second time end on D#)
Verse:
Bb F
Pushing back the lake
D#
We found something more
Bb F
Like a song In a word
D#
Like the heartbreak of birds
Bb F
And there, beneath the sand
D#
Looking like the rain
Bb F
We found some god
D#
And the will to change
Bb F D#
We set out to find something to hold
Bb F D#
When seeking truth the answer is the road
Bb F D#
When seeking wisdom the journey is your home
Bb F
Fight through the wind, fight through the rain
D#
Fight through the cold
Pre chorus:
D# Bb F
Don't bless me
D# Bb F
No, don't bless me
D# Bb F
We don't want your blessings
D# Bb F
Don't bless me
D# Bb F
No, don't bless me
D# Bb F Gm
We don't want your blessings
Chorus:
Bb Dm Gm
Give me the pen, Give me the sword
Bb Dm Gm
Let me cut away the darkness, and pin it to the wall
Bb Dm Gm
Let us sing a song of beauty as before
Bb Dm
Give us the wind, give us the wind, Give us the storm