G

[Verse 1]
Dm                                    Em
The travertine speaks of a world gone by

Drape cut, cummerbund, wide patterned neck tie
     A                  F#m    G
With mindless magazines I kill time
       Bm          D                      G            C
In the late, great waiting room, elegant decline

  F                             C
A delicate man with a bird-like face
C             D         Em          D
Stutter steps next to me sets down a briefcase
     G#                               C
He opines that the palm tree chose to grow
            Em                               C              G
Toward the heavens when there was no further West it could go

[Chorus]
D                   Em
In the hall, in the hall
       C
In the hall of the lost
D                   Em
In the hall, in the hall
       C
In the hall of the lost
    F                  G
The line from faded to forgot
   Em       E A
Is crossed
F                   Dm           G
In the hall, in the hall, in the hall
F                   G           C
In the hall, in the hall of the lost

[Interlude]

Fmaj7 |C     |C     |Em      |Em    |

D     |D7    |A7    |A  F#m7 |G     |

E     |Bm    |D     |G

[Verse 2]
F                                     C
If Lewis and Clark made an art of the quest
Em7                               D
God and Nature and Indians to the West
F#m                   B         G
Is there defeat in a train from A 
     Bm               D                   G
When Manifest Destiny brought us all this way?

[Chorus]
A                   Bm
In the hall, in the hall
       G
In the hall of the lost
A                   Bm
In the hall, in the hall
       G
In the hall of the lost

[Interlude]

F     |C      |C      |G#    |B   D   |

G                   Am            Fm    F
In the hall, in the hall, in the hall
G                   Am            F    |F7
In the hall, in the hall, in the hall
D                   Em            C
In the hall, in the hall, in the hall
D                   Em
In the hall, in the hall
                   C
In the hall of the lost

[Interlude]

C      |C     |

[Verse 3]
F                                     C
When the pilasters split to admit the sea
Em                                        D
The hands of the clock will be covered in verdigris
A                          F#m     B
I’ll swim to the train and find my seat
    G                 D           Bm
And hazard a smile at anyone who looks at me

C                                            G
When the Alkali flats with their cracks pass by
Eb                 Bm                            G
Think of the color wheel, think of the Western sky
C                   F       C
Distant city with a distant glow
    Am                   G
The hall of the lost has let me go

[Chorus]
D                   Em
In the hall, in the hall
       C
In the hall of the lost
 D                  Em
In the hall, in the hall
       C
In the hall of the lost
    F         G        Em
The line from faded to forgot
    E        A
Is crossed
F                   Dm           G
In the hall, in the hall, in the hall
F                   G
In the hall, in the hall
                   C
In the hall of the lost