C       F                G
There is an answer, some day we will know,
             C        F             G
And you will ask her, why she had to go,
   Em       C       Em           C
We live and die, we laugh and we cry,
F                 C
And you must take away the pain,
  C              G           C
Before you can begin to live again;

[Chorus]
          C         G              C
So let it start, my friend, let it start,
        F          C                 G
Let the tears come rolling from your heart,
             Am     F            C      F
And when you need a light in the lonely nights,
      C         G            Am    F
Carry me like a fire in your heart,
      C         G                  C
Carry me like a fire in your heart;

[Verse 2]
           C     F              G
There is a river rolling to the sea,
            C        F             G
You will be with her for all eternity,
    Em        C         Em        C
But we that remain need you here again,
        F            C
So hold  her in your memory
    C                 G           C
And begin to make the shadows disappear;

[Chorus]
           C         G              C
Yes let it start, my friend, let it start,
        F          C                 G
Let the love come rolling from your heart,
             Am     F            C      F
And when you need a light in the lonely nights,
      C         G            Am    F
Carry me like a fire in your heart,
      C         G                  C
Carry me like a fire in your heart;

[Outro]
          C         G              C
So let it start, my friend, let it start,
        F          C                 G
Let the love come rolling from your heart,
             Am     F            C      F
And when you need a light in the lonely nights,
      C         G            Am    F
Carry me like a fire in your heart,
      C         G                  C
Carry me like a fire in your heart;

[Coda]
      C         G            Am    F
Carry me like a fire in your heart,
      C         G                  C
Carry me like a fire in your heart;