[Intro]
F Am Bb Dm C
[Verse 1]
F Am
There are moments that the words don’t reach
Bb
There is suffering too terrible to name
Dm
You hold your child as tight as you can
C F
And push away the unimaginable
Am
The moments when you’re in so deep
Bb
It feels easier to just swim down
Dm
The Hamiltons move uptown
C F
And learn to live with the unimaginable
Am
I spend hours in the garden
Bb
I walk alone to the store
Dm
And it’s quiet uptown
C F
I never liked the quiet before
Am
I take the children to church on Sunday
Bb
A sign of the cross at the door
Dm
And I pray
C F
That never used to happen before
[Chorus 1]
Am
If you see him in the street, walking by himself
Bb
Talking to himself, have pity
Dm
Philip, you would like it uptown, it’s quiet uptown
C F
He is working through the unimaginable
Am
His hair has gone grey he passes every day)
Bb
They say he walks the length of the city
Dm
You knock me out, I fall apart
C F
Can you imagine?
[Bridge]
Am
Look at where we are
Bb
Look at where we started
Dm
I know I don’t deserve you, Eliza
C
But hear me out
F
That would be enough
Am
If I could spare his life
Bb
If I could trade his life for mine
Dm
He’d be standing here right now
C F
And you would smile, and that would be enough
Dm
I don’t pretend to know
Am
The challenges we’re facing
Bb Bbm
I know there’s no replacing what we’ve lost
F
And you need time
Am
But I’m not afraid
Bb
I know who I married
Dm
Just let me stay here by your side
C F
That would be enough
[Chorus 2]
Am
If you see him in the street, walking her side
Bb
Talking by her side, have pity
Dm
Eliza, do you like it uptown, it’s quiet uptown
C F
He is trying to do the unimaginable
Am
See them walking in the park, long after dark
Bb
Taking in the sights of the city
Dm
Look around, look around, Eliza
C F
They are trying to do the unimaginable
[Verse 2]
Am
There are moments that the words don’t reach
Bb
There is a grace too powerful to name
Dm
We push away what we can never understand
C F
We push away the unimaginable
Am
They are standing in the garden
Bb
Alexander by Eliza’s side
Dm C F
She takes his hand it’s quiet uptown
[Chorus 3]
Am
Forgiveness
Bb
Can you imagine?
Dm
Forgiveness
C F
Can you imagine?
Am
If you see him in the street, walking by her side
Bb Dm
Talking by her side, have pity
C
They are going through the unimaginable
[Outro]
F Am Bb Dm C F