Two Thousand Years Chords & Lyrics by Billy Joel

Two Thousand Years

guitar chords lyrics

Billy Joel

Two Thousand Years -- Billy Joel

This is transposed into the key of G for ease of play -- the original is in F


G
In the beginning
G/B C D
there was the cold and the night
Am Am7

Prophets and angels
C D G
gave us the fire and the light
F6 (xx3535)
Man was triumphant
Bdim (xx3434) Am C#dim (xx2323)
Armed with the faith and the will
G C D
That even the darkest ages couldn't kill

G
Too many kingdoms
G/B C D
Too many flags on the field
Am Am7
So many battles
C D G
So many wounds to be healed
F6 (xx3535)
Time is relentless
Bdim (xx3434) Am C#dim (xx2323)
Only true love perseveres
G Em G/B C
It's been a long time and now I'm with you
D (G C Em D) (G C Em D) (G C Em D) (G C Em D G)
After two thousand years


G
This is our moment
G/B C D
Here at the crossroads of time
Am Am7
We hope our children
C D G
Carry our dreams down the line
F6 (xx3535)
they are the vintage
Bdim (xx3434) Am C#dim (xx2323)
What kind of life will they live?
G C D
Is this a curse or a blessing that we give?

G
Sometimes I wonder
G/B C D
Why are we so blind to Fate?
Am Am7
Without compassion
C D G
there can be no end to hate
F6 (xx3535)
No end to sorrow
Bdim (xx3434) Am C#dim (xx2323)
caused by the same endless fears
G Em G/B C
Why can�t we learn from all we�ve been through
D (G C Em D) (G C Em D) (G C Em D) (G C Em D G)
after two thousand years?


G
There will be miracles
G/B C D
after the last war is won
Am Am7
Science and poetry
C D G
Rule in the new world to come
F6 (xx3535)
Prophets and angels
Bdim (xx3434) Am C#dim (xx2323)
gave us the power to see
G C D
what an amazing future there will be

G
And in the evening
G/B C D
after the fire and the light
Am Am7
One thing is certain
C D G
nothing can hold back the night
F6 (xx3535)
Time is relentless
Bdim (xx3434) Am C#dim (xx2323)
and as the past disappears
G Em G/B C
We�re on the verge of all things new
D (G C Em D) (G C Em D) (G C Em D) (G C Em D G)
We are two thousand years