It’s emp ty in the (C#m)val ley of your (E)heart.
I The sun, it ris es (C#m)slow ly as you (E)walk a way from all the (C#m)fears and all the de (E)faults you’ve left be (E)hind.
The har vest left no (C#m)fruit for you to (E)eat, I you can ni bal, you (C#m)meat eat er, you (E)see.
But I have seen the (C#m)same, I know the de (E)shame in your de (E)feat.
So tie me to a
But I
will (A)hold on (E)hope, and I
won’t (A)let you (E)choke (A)on the (E)noose a (B)round your neck.
And (C#m)I’ll
find (A5)strength in (E)pain, and (C#m)I
will (A5)change my (E)ways.
I’ll (A5)know my (E)name as it’s (B)called a gain.
’Cause I have oth er
So come out of your (A)cave walk ing on your (E5)hands, and see the world (A)hang ing up side (E5)down.
You can un der stand de (A)pend ence when you (E5)know the (B)mak er’s (E)slant.
So (E5)make
your (A)si rens (E)call and (E5)sing
(A)all you (E)want.
I (A)will not (E)hear what you (B)have to say.
’Cause (C#m)I
need (A)free dom (E)now, and (C#m)I
need (A)to know (E)how to (A)live my (E)life as it’s (B)meant to be.
(E)(Ah,
ah,
(A)ah.
(E)Ah,
ah,
(A)ah.)
And (E)I
will (A)hold on (E)hope, and I
won’t (A)let you (E)choke (A)on the (E)noose a (B)round your neck.
And (C#m)I’ll
find (A)strength in (E)pain, and (C#m)I
will (A)change my (E)ways.
I’ll (A)know my (E)name as it’s (B)called a gain.
This page shows “The Cave” by Mumford & Sons 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 E at 144 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.