Cadd9 Cadd9 As I walked on to Kendall Square Asus4 And crossed the river basin there Cadd9 The Charles was black, the sky was blue Asus4 The view was old, the bridge was new Em And past the flow's constricted mouth Fm7/C Commercial lines flowed mostly south Dm Or east across a boundless sea Am Where rising soon, the star would be Repeat Verse Chords The tides are moved by sun and moon The spring will last from March to June The red line train will pass behind As long as bridge joins stream and sky And from that point where i did stand I wondered at the works of man I wondered how this walk began Til red line train came round again F C G Am But it's not the time to ossify F C G Am It's not the end of wondering why F C G Am It's not in your faith or your apostasy F C It's not the end of Cadd9 Am History Repeat Verse Chords As I can take, so I could give If I could shop where I could live As I can read, so I'd write books If I could eat where I could cook Where talkers have a place to meet Where walkers walk along the street And subways travel paths well hid But ferries take you off the grid F C G Am But it's not the time to ossify F C G Am It's not the end of wondering why F C G Am It's not in your faith or your apostasy F C It's not the end of Dm Fm7/C Predictable waves of historicity Dm Fm7/C Nostalgia for gas-lit time I'll never see Dm C Am Futurians manifest, internationalists Em Am Connected are the promenades and waterways Em D The living waves of harbor nights and city days Dm Fm7/C And where is the builder, was there something missed? Dm G Hidden in the plans to the bridge that started this? Solo Chords F5 F5/E C5/B C5 x3 F5 F5/E Cadd9 Play these barred C Am C Am Em Em F F Dm Dm Am Am F C G Am But it's not the time to ossify F C G Am It's not the end of wondering why F C G Am It's not in your faith or your apostasy F C It's not the end of Cadd9 Am History Repeat Verse Chords As I walked on to Founders' Square And crossed the river basin there, The Passaic was grey, the sky was blue The bridge was old, the view was new And from that point where I did stand I wondered at the builder's plan I wondered how this walk will end Til path train came around again F C G Am But it's not the time to ossify F C G Am It's not the end of wondering why F C G Am It's not in your faith or your apostasy F C It's not the end of Cadd9 Am History Cadd9 Am End on Cadd9