[Intro] E B C#m A E B A B (oh-oh) (hey-hey) [Verse 1] (M+F unison) E B C#m A As the dawn rises on the other side of the hill E B A B I gaze across a horizon that has spilled E B C#m A I understand the difference between warmth and heat E B A B A wind or a tornado, a spark or a cheat E B C#m A A match that lights or a strike that won’t E B A B Maybe it just can’t—maybe it just don’t F#m A E B So I walk and I learn the only thing I know: F#m A E B The planet’s starting to bleed—now the truth shows [Pre-Chorus] C#m B A B People didn’t know what that means, now I do C#m B A B I’m a farmer—nice to meet you, I’ll tell you the news F#m A E B I saw a tree wither, its leaves said goodbye F#m A E B The Atlantic used to be cold—so was I [Chorus] (M+F unison, big singalong) E B C#m A Wake up, New York, let the bridges glow E B A B Hands to the sky, to the streets below E B C#m A If the world feels heavy, we’ll learn to hold E B A B Turn fear to rhythm and heat to gold C#m B A B We’ll stitch this ocean, heart by heart C#m B A B Flowers try to bloom in April [Verse 2] (trade lines: F then M, unison on last 2) E B C#m A (F) The middle of the Atlantic, inside it is a shelf E B A B (M) On the bottom it’s more like a gulf, wild as itself E B C#m A (F) Above it are waves and above that is sky E B A B (M) And everything between feels ready to die E B C#m A (M+F) Everything between is calling our name E B A B So look up in the morning, we refuse the same F#m A E B If water remembers the shape of the moon, F#m A E B Then people can learn to turn grief into bloom [Pre-Chorus 2] C#m B A B Count the stars we can see, and the ones we can read C#m B A B Write them on windows, promise and seed F#m A E B I’ll carry the boroughs in calloused hands F#m A E B You carry the anthem—together we’ll start. [Chorus] E B C#m A Wake up, New York, let the bridges glow E B A B Hands to the sky, to the streets below E B C#m A If the world feels heavy, we’ll learn to hold E B A B Turn fear to rhythm and heat to gold C#m B A B We’ll stitch this ocean, heart by heart C#m B A B Flowers blooming in April with an Atlantic heart [Bridge] (call/response, claps on 2 & 4) A B C#m B Lead: Are you ready to try? A B E B Crowd: We’re ready to try! A B C#m B Lead: Will you carry the light? A B E B Crowd: We’ll carry it high! A B C#m B Lead: From the stoops to the tide— A B E B Crowd: We’re on your side! [Guitar Solo] (8 bars, singable) E B C#m A | E B A B E B C#m A | E B A B [Breakdown] F#m A E B Hey—hey—hey—keep the drum alive F#m A E B Hey—hey—hey—we’re built to survive [Final Chorus] (double, stacked harmonies) E B C#m A Wake up, New York, let the bridges glow E B A B Hands to the sky, to the streets below E B C#m A If the world feels heavy, we’ll learn to hold E B A B Turn fear to rhythm and heat to gold C#m B A B We’ll stitch this ocean, heart by heart C#m B A B Bleed into bloom—this is the start E B C#m A Wake up, New York, we’re the proof and the art E B A B East River shadows with an Atlantic heart [Tag] E B C#m A So look up in the morning—we won’t stop E B A B So will your heart—built with the block E (hold) Atlantic Heart
