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

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

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

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

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

[Coda]
      G         D            Em    C
Carry me like a fire in your heart,
      G         D                  G
Carry me like a fire in your heart;