# # This tablature was submitted by Jason Killingsworth. # Song: Proving Ground Album: To the Roof of the Sky Artist: Vigilantes of Love ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Chord Key (relative to the capo): G-320033 C-x32010 Csus2-x32033 A-x02220 Asus2-x02233 E-022100 Em-022000 Em7-022033 D-x00232 Dsus2-x00230 Am-x02210 Bm-x24432 Bm2-x20230 Bb-x1333x Bb2-x10033 F-133211 F#m-244222 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- *Proving Ground* Intro: [D] [Bm] [G] [D] (2x) Verse: [D] [Bm] You attempt to board the train though the car is full of liars [G] [D] [A] Recognize the tendency, you're the great compromiser [D] [Bm] Suppose sooner or later we're all just survivors [G] [D] Prayer becomes the heart's lost words [A] When you're too close to the fire Chorus: [A] [Bm] If you get a patch of ground, well, it's there you make your plan [G] [E] If you get a soapbox, it's there you take your stand [A] [Bm] All the kingdoms that rise up, they collapse without a sound [G] [D] [F#m] [Bm] [A] Yeah, the driving rain is cleansing, the driving rain is cleansing [G] [D] [A] [D] The driving rain is cleansing out here on this proving ground [intro pattern again] Verse: Well, I remember the summer, the shimmer and the laughter We were lying to each other about what we were after And I'll admit that judgement is too stern When your dreams have all been buried And your bridges they're all burned Chorus: Verse: I hear that there are secrets; told that there are maps Ah, but every one we've been privy to Has closed on us like a steel trap It leaves you full and noble, those dreams you never lost 'em It stays with you forever, long time after you're forgotten Chorus: