Ballad Of Treason

              G       Cadd9   
This kiss is a crime, let's not 
        G
waste time
    G                     Em7
The cover of night is breaking
   G                 Cadd9        
We even the score, we capture five 
G
more
F      Fm         G
Make a forbidden offering

    G                           
Our heads are two states, let's 
Cadd9          G
pull down the gates
G             Em7
Declaring freedom
G                          Cadd9 
Send out our armies, bring death 
       G
to our colonies
F      Fm                 G
Harmony drowns out the cries of our 
generals

C                               
Climb up to the tree top, I'll be on
B7
 the mountain top
C                C   C/B      
Looking for you a    cross    
Am7    G
the       valley
D              Cadd9            
Birds pull you higher while the 
B7         C
sky is on fire
C                       Em
Crying for the dying daylight
  A             Em           A
I need you, I need you, I need you

G                  Cadd9       G
Bodies on pyres, waiting for fire
      G                      Em   
The judge and the generals, claim 
       C
jurisdiction
       G                    
The faithful assemble, the crowd 
Cadd9             G
starts to tremble
      F       Fm                 
The gavel it rises and begins to 
G
fall

      G         (rest)        Cadd9 
      G
The treason proclaimed, pyres burst 
into flame
F         Fm                     
Two Souls ride the sparks in to 
    G
the blue

     C                         B7
Climb up to the tree top, I'll be on
 the mountain top
                C   C/B    Am7    
Looking for you a   cross  the     
G
valley
D              Cadd9             
Birds pull you higher, while the 
B7         C
sky is on fire
C                       Em
Crying for the dying daylight
  A             Em           A
I need you, I need you, I need you

      G                        
This world is a shackle, let's 
Cadd9         G
shout till it rattles
F                Fm       G
Bring down the walls of Jericho
        C                        
Climb up to the tree top, I'll be on
B7
 the mountain top
C                 C  C/B    Am7
Looking for you a   cross  the 
      G
     valley
D              Cadd9            
Birds pull you higher, while the
B7         C
 sky is on fire
C                     Em
Crying for the dying daylight
  A             Em
I need you, I need you