Open Air

                   Gm
A voice out in the distance
                 Eb
The whistle of a signal on the waves
                 Cm
A lifetime in an instant
               D
Flowers bloom upon untended graves

                    Gm
The spinning of the engines
                   Eb
The clatter of the wheels upon the tracks
                   Cm
A twist in all the endings
                     D
The price to pay for seeing through the cracks

[Pre-chorus]
Eb          Eb Eb D
Breathe in
Eb          Eb Eb D
Breathe in

[Chorus]
Gm
 I want to breathe the open air
Eb
 I want to see the world out there
    Cm
And run
                            D
To leave the tunnels of the mind

Gm
 I want to breathe the open air
Eb
 To shed the mask I’ve had to wear
    Cm
And run
                               D
To leave the depths and dark behind

Free, unconfined

[Instrumental]
Gm Eb Cm D (x2)

[Verse]
                    Gm
The changing of the seasons
                   Eb
The colours of the vast and endless sky
                      Cm
The scorching and the freezing
                 D
The comfort of a soothing lullaby

[Chorus]
Gm
 I want to breathe the open air
Eb
 I want to see the world out there
    Cm
And run
                            D
To leave the tunnels of the mind

Gm
 I want to breathe the open air
Eb
 To shed the mask I’ve had to wear
    Cm
And run
                               D
To leave the depths and dark behind

Free, unconfined

[Instrumental]
Eb Cm Gm F (x2)

[Bridge]
        Eb         Cm                  Gm      F
And the future’s a railroad stretching endlessly
        Eb         Cm             Gm     F
All our hopes keep rolling on the track
       Eb         Cm            Gm   F
As the shadows of home become a memory
          Eb           Cm                 Gm     F
They will haunt us but they can’t pull us back

[Instrumental] (time signature changes to 5/4 here)
Gm D Cm D (x6)

[Pre-chorus]
Eb          Eb Eb D
Breathe in
Eb          Eb Eb D
Breathe in

[Interlude]
            Gm
I watch the sun rise
            Eb
In skies so clear
             Cm
We learn the outside
                D
There’s hope out here

[Chorus]
Gm
 I want to breathe the open air
Eb
 I want to see the world out there
    Cm
And run
                            D
To leave the tunnels of the mind

Gm
 I want to breathe the open air
Eb
 To shed the mask I’ve had to wear
    Cm
And run
                               D
To leave the depths and dark behind

[Outro]
            Gm
I watch the sun rise
            Eb
In skies so clear
             Cm
We learn the outside
                D
There’s hope out here
           Gm
Free, unconfined