Hear the (Ebsus2)si rens,
Hear the (Csus)si rens.
Hear the (Ebsus2)si rens,
hear the (Ebsus2)cir cus so pro found.
I (Eb)sound hear the (Ebsus2)si clos rens
more and (Ebsus2)more in this here town.
Let me (Bb)catch my breath to breathe (F)and reach (Eb)a cross the (Gm7)bed.
Just to know we’re safe, I (F)am a grate ful (Cm)man.
The (Bb)slight est bit of light (F)and I (Eb)can see you (Gm7)clear.
Oh,
have to take your hand and (Eb)feel your breath, for fear think this some day will be o ver.
I pull you close, so much to lose, know ing that noth ing lasts ver for ev er.
I did n’t care
be fore you were here.
I danced in laugh ter with the ev er af ter.
But all stud y things your change,
let this re main.
Hear the (Ebsus2)si rens
cov ’ring (Ebsus2)dis tance in the night.
The (Eb)sound ech o (Ebsus2)in’ clos er.
Will they (Ebsus2)come for me next time?
Oh, me (Bb)ev ’ry choice, mis take (F)I’ve made, (Eb)it’s not my (Gm7)plan
to send you in the arms (F)of an oth er (Cm)man.
And (Bb)if you choose to stay, (F)I’ll wait, (Eb)I’ll un der (Gm7)stand.
Oh,
it’s a frag ile thing, this (Eb)life we lead.
If I think too much, I can get o ver
whelmed by the grace by which we live our ing lives with death o ver our shoul ders.
Want you to know
that should you I go, I al ways loved you, held you high a bove, true.
I all stud y things your face,
let this re main.
the fear goes a way.
I stud y your face,
the fear goes a way,
the fear goes a way,
the fear goes (G5)a way.
The fear goes a way, ah,
oh,
ah,
oh,
ah,
oh,
ah,
oh,
ah,
oh.
This page shows “Sirens” by Pearl Jam in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of Ab at 78 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.