C#m 
Was a long and dark December  
 
From the rooftops I remember 
          A           F#m 
There was snow, white snow  
  C#m 
Clearly I remember from the windows  
                            A 
They were watching while we froze  
        F#m 
Down below  
 
  
 
          A 
When the future architecture  
     B                     C#m 
By a carnival of idiots on show  
               B 
You better lie low  
       A    E   C#m       F#m B  C#m 
If you love me, won’t you let me know  
 
  
 
      C#m 
Was a long and dark December  
When the banks became cathedrals  
        A            F#m 
And the frost became gone  
 C#m 
Creased cut stones and bibles  
Are all out to fade their rifles  
         A             F#m 
And the cross was held aloft  
 
  
 
A 
There in me and I’m…  
         B 
When I’m dead and hit the ground  
         C#m       B 
Legs are cold, unfold  
       A    E   C#m       F#m B  C#m 
If you love me, won’t you let me know  
 
  
 
        A 
I don’t wanna be a soldier  
       B 
With a captain of some sinking ship  
     C#m 
With snow  
    B 
Far below  
            A    E   C#m      F#m B  C#m 
So, if you love me, why’d you let me go  
 
  
 
          E            A      G#m      A 
I took my love down to Violet Hill  
        C#m     F#m   A    
There we sat    in    snow  
         C#m  F#m     A         G#m 
All that time she was silenced still  
    E      A    E   C#m       F#m  B    C#m   F#m 
So, if you love me, won’t you let  me   know? 
E      A    E   C#m       F#m B  C#m 
If you love me, won’t you let me know?