- a + [Am]Your passin' broke the[Em] silence + On that [F]dark October[G] day + The [Am]sun was headin' [Em]for the west + As it [F]did I heard you [G]say + I [Am]set my sail for a [Em]gentle breeze + Now I [F]leave this world as it was [G]meant to be + And [F]you, did you [G]listen to any[C]th[G]ing I [Am]said? + Did [F]you ever [G]listen to [Am]me? + + Though now it seems you'll never know + But every lad to a man must grow + Till winter comes to celebrate + Then proudly chills the bone + When at last they bury me + Into this ground you'll someday see + And you, did you listen to anything I said? + Did [F]you ever [G]listen to [Am]me? + + + ---> + Thoug[F]h the face we wear + Somet[C]imes seldom speaks + From [F]the babe that cries + To th[C]is grown man's feet + May t[F]he hand still write + And i[C]ts' heart shape keep + Till [F]our fa[Am]thers, sons and daughters agree + + [Am G F] + + So I will [Am]pave this [G]road till [F]glory + Sets our [Am]broken [G]spirit [F]free + From e[Am]very cross-[G]soaked nail pours [F]endless rain + With t[C]ears no e[G]ye should[Am] see + But th[Am]ey could fil[G]l our highest [F]ocean + And th[Am]e rivers [G]in betwe[F]en + With e[Am]very bl[G]ade [F]that flowers must grow then drown + [C]Wi[G]th [E]love our cruelest sea