Protected

Keyboard Intro
Dm A  D   Dm A  D   Dm A  D Dsus4  D

Guitar Intro
 Dm7 Am7            Dm7 Am7
(guitar + perc.)   (+ bass)

 Dm7  Am7  Dm7  Am7

Verse 1
         Dm7                   Am7
I had a dream, just the other night
               Dm7                             Am7
And it made me wanna change the way I live my life
           Dm7                Am7
I’ve had enough just walkin' through it
             Dm7                                     Am7
And I wanna take the chance and dice with death with you  - hey hey

Chorus
 Dm7                               G
(hmmm) and we stand on the cliff (hmm)
                 Amadd9
As if we were protected —— (yea yea)
Dm7                          G
    And I walk on the path (hmm)
                    Amadd9
My mind and body connected ——— (yea yea)
Dm7                          G                  F          G
    And I walk on the cliff ——- As if I was protected (mm—hmm)

Interlude
Dm7  Am7  Dm7  Am7

Verse 2
                 Dm7               Am7
And I talked it over with my best friend
                  Dm7                                          Am7
And he's had the same dream more than once and this happened again
                Dm7                   Am7
Could be all of us, can you feel the power?
                 Dm7                               Am7
Can you feel it rushin' in, comin’, goin' in this hour? (hey hey)

Chorus
 Dm7                              G
(hmmm) and I stand on the cliff (hmm)
               Amadd9
As if I was protected —— (yea yea)
Dm7                          G
    And I walk on the path (hmm)
                    Amadd9
My mind and body connected ——— (yea yea)
Dm7                           G                  A
    And I stand on the cliff ——- As if I was protected

Bridge
           A    Asus4           F Em F
There’s another fall from grace
A                         DmM7
Everything I do becomes a fake
Dsus2/C#                    D7sus2/C
        It’s only when I'm awake

Everyone takes a fall

Dm7   Am7                  Dm7     Am7
         (as if we were protected)

Verse 3
N.C.
Don't know how to take much more of this
N.C.
I feel an agonising ignorance of bliss
                Dm7                 Am7
And if it were true, I'd stand with you
                 Dm7                        Am7
On the cliffs of Acapulco starin' into the blue (yea yea)

Chorus
 Dm7                               G
(hmmm) and we stand on the cliff (hmm)
                 Amadd9
As if we were protected —— (yea yea)
Dm7                           G
    And we walk on the path (hmm)
                         Amadd9
Our minds and bodies connected ——— (yea yea)
Dm7                            G                    F         G
    And we stand on the cliff ——- As if we were protected (yeaah)
                  F          G
As if we were protected (mm—hmm)
            F                  G                      Asus4    A
We must be having (we must be having) the time of our lii——--—ives

Outro
Dm7
    It was only a dream,
Am7
    It was only a dream,
Dm7
    We stood on the cliff,
Am7                  Dm7                             Am7
    as if we were protected by somethin' we couldn't see,
                          Dm7
                          Am7
                    Dm7
and we all were protected. Nana nana nana
Amadd9                      Dm7
Nana nana — we all were protected - Na nanana na
Amadd9                    Dm7
      and we all were protected - Nana nana nana
Amadd9                       Dm7
Nana nana  — we all were protected - Nana nana na  [repeat as desired]