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Tuning: Standard
Riff 1
e|------------------|
B|-2--2-----0-------|
G|-2-----2-----2----|
D|-2--------------4-|
A|-0----------------|
E|------------------|
Riff 2
e|---------------|
B|---------------|
G|---------------|
D|---------------|
A|--0--2--4------|
E|---------------|
Verse
[A]Into this [C]strange elastic [A]world
Pont us ki[C]ndly gave up a p[A]earl
His et[D]ernal stone and [G]mud
But ain't she lovely [D]bone [D7]and [A]blood
Born of the [C]sea[A]
A thousand [Em]miles [G]away from [A]me
A court of [D]angels
Wards of the [G]sun
A future forming
A [D]curse [D7]undon[A]e
Chorus
Riff 1
[F#m]Under our s[A]oftly burning [F#m]lamp she takes her [A]time
Riff 1
[F#m]Telling s[A]tories of our [E]possible lives
And [G]love is the ink in the well when her [E]body [A]writes
Riff 2
[D]I've been s[A]elfish and full of p[D]ride
And she knows [A]deep down there's a little [D]child
But I've got a [A]good side to me as [F#m]well
And it's that she [E]loves in spite of [D]everything else[Dsus4][D]
Break
[A] [C] [A] [Em] [G]
Verse
[A]A song in the [C]tree has distracted her [A]mind
Some other cu[C]rious form of life[A]
Has made it's [D]presence to her [G]known
And she coos so gently [D]soft [D7]and l[A]ow
Her shining [C]face in a million re[A]flections
in tiny [Em]raindrops that [G]fall in a [A]veil
Over our c[D]ity like notes from a[G]bove
It overwhelms me! just [D]aint [D7]that t[A]ough
Chorus
Riff 1
[F#m]It's not that the d[A]arkness can't touch our [F#m]lives
I know it will, in [A]time
Riff 1
[F#m]But she's no [A]ordinary [E]valentine
And n[G]ow when the sun goes down
she sheds a [E]darling [A]light.
Riff 2
[D]I've been s[A]elfish and full of p[D]ride
And she knows [A]deep down there's a little [D]child
But I've got a [A]good side to me as [F#m]well
And it's that she [E]loves in spite of [D]everything else[Dsus4][D]
Outro
[A] [C] [A] [G] [D] [A]
which add a fair bit to the song a little. But they aren't really necessary if you just want
to bash it out.
For example on the A chords he will generally play:
[A] [A/G] [A]
likewise on the C:
[C] [C/G] [C]
Corrections welcome.
