by Josh Ritter
chords dissected by Matt Rowley
(rough sketch of the) piano intro:
E---------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------3-----
G-------------------------------2--2---2-2----
D-2---2-4-2-0---0-2--2-4-2-0----0--0---0-0----
A-------------2--------------2--0-------------
E---------------------------------------------
[D]I still remember that t[(D)]ime when we were dancing
We were [Em]dancing to a song that I'd h[G]eard
[D]Your face was simple and your h[(D)]ands were naked
I was si[Em]nging without knowing the wo[G]rds
[D]But I started listening to the wo[(D)]lves in the timber
W[Em]olves in the timber at n[G]ight
[D]I heard their songs when I looked in the mirror
In the h[Em]owls and the moons round my e[G]yes
[D]So long, so high
[Em]So long, so [G]high
(X2)
[D]Then winter came and there was l[(D)]ittle left between us
Skin and b[Em]ones of love won't make a m[G]eal
[D]I felt my eyes drifting [(D)]over your shoulder
There were w[(Em)]olves at the edge of the f[G]ield
[D]But I still remember that [(D)]time when we were dancing
We were d[Em]ancing to a song that I'd h[G]eard
[D]Your face was simple and your [(D)]hands were naked
I was s[Em]inging without knowing the w[G]ords
[D]So long, so high
[Em]So long, so [G]high
(X2)
[D]Then one day I just woke up
[(D)]And the wolves were all there
W[Em]olves in the piano
W[G]olves underneath the stairs
W[D]olves inside the hinges
[(D)]Circling round my door
At n[Em]ight inside the bedsprings
Cl[G]icking cross the floor
I s[D]till don't know how they found me
I'll n[(D)]ever know quite how
I still [Em]can't believe they heard me
That I was h[G]owling out that loud
S[D]o long, so high
[Em]So long, so [G]high
(X2)
(interlude, same chords)
[D]Sometimes in the frozen n[(D)]ights I go roaming
In the [Em]bed she used to share with m[G]e
[D]I wake in the fields
with the c[(D)]old and the lonesome
[Em]The moon's the only face that I s[G]ee
[D]I still remember that ti[(D)]me when we were dancing
We were d[Em]ancing to a song that I'd h[G]eard
[D]Your face was simple and your h[(D)]ands were naked
I was si[Em]nging without knowing the w[G]ords
So[D] long, so high
[Em]So long, so [G]high
(X2)
(Outro, same chords, with some electric guitar noodling)
chords dissected by Matt Rowley
(rough sketch of the) piano intro:
E---------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------3-----
G-------------------------------2--2---2-2----
D-2---2-4-2-0---0-2--2-4-2-0----0--0---0-0----
A-------------2--------------2--0-------------
E---------------------------------------------
[D]I still remember that t[(D)]ime when we were dancing
We were [Em]dancing to a song that I'd h[G]eard
[D]Your face was simple and your h[(D)]ands were naked
I was si[Em]nging without knowing the wo[G]rds
[D]But I started listening to the wo[(D)]lves in the timber
W[Em]olves in the timber at n[G]ight
[D]I heard their songs when I looked in the mirror
In the h[Em]owls and the moons round my e[G]yes
[D]So long, so high
[Em]So long, so [G]high
(X2)
[D]Then winter came and there was l[(D)]ittle left between us
Skin and b[Em]ones of love won't make a m[G]eal
[D]I felt my eyes drifting [(D)]over your shoulder
There were w[(Em)]olves at the edge of the f[G]ield
[D]But I still remember that [(D)]time when we were dancing
We were d[Em]ancing to a song that I'd h[G]eard
[D]Your face was simple and your [(D)]hands were naked
I was s[Em]inging without knowing the w[G]ords
[D]So long, so high
[Em]So long, so [G]high
(X2)
[D]Then one day I just woke up
[(D)]And the wolves were all there
W[Em]olves in the piano
W[G]olves underneath the stairs
W[D]olves inside the hinges
[(D)]Circling round my door
At n[Em]ight inside the bedsprings
Cl[G]icking cross the floor
I s[D]till don't know how they found me
I'll n[(D)]ever know quite how
I still [Em]can't believe they heard me
That I was h[G]owling out that loud
S[D]o long, so high
[Em]So long, so [G]high
(X2)
(interlude, same chords)
[D]Sometimes in the frozen n[(D)]ights I go roaming
In the [Em]bed she used to share with m[G]e
[D]I wake in the fields
with the c[(D)]old and the lonesome
[Em]The moon's the only face that I s[G]ee
[D]I still remember that ti[(D)]me when we were dancing
We were d[Em]ancing to a song that I'd h[G]eard
[D]Your face was simple and your h[(D)]ands were naked
I was si[Em]nging without knowing the w[G]ords
So[D] long, so high
[Em]So long, so [G]high
(X2)
(Outro, same chords, with some electric guitar noodling)
