From Kloot's Mercury Prize-nominated Sky At Night Album.
A very beautiful song that is also straightforward to learn.
Standard tuning
Capo at 2nd fret
Am x02210
Am/G 3x2210
C 032010
D xx0232
F6 1x3231
Intro
Am /G D Asus/F Am (x3)
Verse 1
If [Am]heaven is a [/G]place upon your [D]skin
That [F6]I may have touched from with-[Am]out to within
Well then [Am]dust yourself of [/G]fingerprints and [D]grin
And [F6]grin[Am]
Refrain 1
Cos [C]we don't ha[/B]ve to st[Am]ay
With these [F6]people whose ideas
Are just what [Am]other people say
Refrain 1
[C]We can [/B]walk a-[Am]way
From these [F6]feelings that are filling up
Our [Am]lives with [E]daze
[F] [E] [C] [B] [F] [E]
Verse 2
And I [Am]guess that I've been [/G]singing all my [D]life
Well that's [F6]right and that is [Am]fine
I been [Am]spending all your [/G]money and your [D]time
Well that's [F6]right and that is [Am]fine
Refrain 2
Cos [C]I don't [/B]have to [Am]stay
With these [F6]feelings that are filling up
My [Am]life with daze
[C] I can [/B]walk a-[Am]way
From these [F6]people whose ideas
Are just what [Am]other people [E]say
[F] [E] [C]Agai[B]n and again[F][E]
Verse 3
And the [Am]crowd that is [/G]gathered is con-[D]fused
We're all [F6]trembling inside[Am] solitude
[Am]We've got [/G]nothing left to [D]use
[F6]We've got all the bullets
But there's [Am]no-one left to shoot
Refrain 3
And [C]we can't [/B]walk a-[Am]way
From these [F6]feelings that are filling up
Our [Am]lives with daze
[C]We may h[/B]ave to st[Am]ay
With these [F6]people whose ideas
Are just what [Am]other people [E]say
[F] [E] [C]Agai[B]n and again[F][E]
Verse 4
Well if [Am]heaven is a [/G]place upon your [D]skin
That [F6]I may have touched from with-[Am]out to within
Well then [Am]dust yourself of [/G]fingerprints and [D]grin
And [F6]grin and [Am]grin
I [Am]guess that I've been [/G]singing all my [D]life
Well that's [F6]right and that is [Am]fine
I been [Am]spending all your [/G]money and your [D]time
Well that's [F6]right and that is [Am]fine
Outro
Am /G D Asus/F Am (x2)
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I hope I've done it justice!
Kevin O'Brien
Watford
England
June 2011
watfordkev@gmail.com
A very beautiful song that is also straightforward to learn.
Standard tuning
Capo at 2nd fret
Am x02210
Am/G 3x2210
C 032010
D xx0232
F6 1x3231
Intro
Am /G D Asus/F Am (x3)
Verse 1
If [Am]heaven is a [/G]place upon your [D]skin
That [F6]I may have touched from with-[Am]out to within
Well then [Am]dust yourself of [/G]fingerprints and [D]grin
And [F6]grin[Am]
Refrain 1
Cos [C]we don't ha[/B]ve to st[Am]ay
With these [F6]people whose ideas
Are just what [Am]other people say
Refrain 1
[C]We can [/B]walk a-[Am]way
From these [F6]feelings that are filling up
Our [Am]lives with [E]daze
[F] [E] [C] [B] [F] [E]
Verse 2
And I [Am]guess that I've been [/G]singing all my [D]life
Well that's [F6]right and that is [Am]fine
I been [Am]spending all your [/G]money and your [D]time
Well that's [F6]right and that is [Am]fine
Refrain 2
Cos [C]I don't [/B]have to [Am]stay
With these [F6]feelings that are filling up
My [Am]life with daze
[C] I can [/B]walk a-[Am]way
From these [F6]people whose ideas
Are just what [Am]other people [E]say
[F] [E] [C]Agai[B]n and again[F][E]
Verse 3
And the [Am]crowd that is [/G]gathered is con-[D]fused
We're all [F6]trembling inside[Am] solitude
[Am]We've got [/G]nothing left to [D]use
[F6]We've got all the bullets
But there's [Am]no-one left to shoot
Refrain 3
And [C]we can't [/B]walk a-[Am]way
From these [F6]feelings that are filling up
Our [Am]lives with daze
[C]We may h[/B]ave to st[Am]ay
With these [F6]people whose ideas
Are just what [Am]other people [E]say
[F] [E] [C]Agai[B]n and again[F][E]
Verse 4
Well if [Am]heaven is a [/G]place upon your [D]skin
That [F6]I may have touched from with-[Am]out to within
Well then [Am]dust yourself of [/G]fingerprints and [D]grin
And [F6]grin and [Am]grin
I [Am]guess that I've been [/G]singing all my [D]life
Well that's [F6]right and that is [Am]fine
I been [Am]spending all your [/G]money and your [D]time
Well that's [F6]right and that is [Am]fine
Outro
Am /G D Asus/F Am (x2)
-----------------------------------------
I hope I've done it justice!
Kevin O'Brien
Watford
England
June 2011
watfordkev@gmail.com
