C#m [x 4 6 4 5 4]
AM  [5 7 7 6 5 5]     
E (022100@1) [0 2 2 1 0 0]
B (x2444x@1) [x 2 4 4 4 2] 
A (x02220@1) [x 0 2 2 2 0]

C#m (x13321@4)    AM           E (022100@1)             BBreathe (x2444x@1)life to the street from your mouth

       A (x02220@1)      E (022100@1)       BThose (x2444x@1)ruby red lips have much to give

     C#m (x13321@4)          AM             E (022100@1)     BPull (x2444x@1)life from the land with your capable hands

       A (x02220@1)         E (022100@1)        BThose (x2444x@1)life loving beautiful broken hands


         A (x02220@1)               EO (022100@1)I'll stand with you and marvel 

         C#m (x13321@4)           AAt (x02220@1)the cosmos pink and bright

         A (x02220@1)             EAll (022100@1)the pages flipping backwards

     C#m (x13321@4)             A'til (x02220@1)time is gone and wrong is right


  ARivers (x02220@1)running up the hills into the sky 

                C#m (x13321@4)     AAnd (x02220@1)down to the sea

Where a merman with a twinkle

        C#mCast (x13321@4)a hook in me


C#m (x13321@4)     AM          E (022100@1)          BSing (x2444x@1)me a salty blue song I'll be gone

      A (x02220@1)     E (022100@1)         BWith (x2444x@1)watery cheeks down flowered lanes

          C#m (x13321@4)       AM         E (022100@1)          BTattered (x2444x@1)sails, as a ramshackle ship I'll go pale

           A (x02220@1)           E (022100@1)            BStaring (x2444x@1)straight in the face, looming tempest waves


      A (x02220@1)               EOtherwise (022100@1)I'll wither, die here

         C#m (x13321@4)           AOn (x02220@1)this reach of rubble rambling

          A (x02220@1)                 EWith (022100@1)two ears filled up with sand, dear

        C#m (x13321@4)               AAnd (x02220@1)a broken gaze I'll be scrambling


       ALike (x02220@1)rivers running up the hills into the sky

                C#m (x13321@4)AAnd (x02220@1)down to the sea

						                                     C#mWhere (x13321@4)a merman with a twinkle cast a hook in me


       C#m (x13321@4)       AM        E (022100@1)        BSummer (x2444x@1)sky falling into the sea taking part of me

         A (x02220@1)         E (022100@1)         BSee (x2444x@1)the bones on the sand in the light

         C#m (x13321@4)        AM         E (022100@1)        BAll (x2444x@1)the herds of the sea rushing by pay no mind

         A (x02220@1)       E (022100@1)           BTo (x2444x@1)the dancing reflections gone wild



         A (x02220@1)               EAnd (022100@1)at night a fractured star fell

      C#m (x13321@4)                    AAnd (x02220@1)pierced right through the thick of me

        A (x02220@1)              EI (022100@1)cried out in pain and joy, "Yes,

        C#m (x13321@4)                AI'm (x02220@1)not dead, not numb, not withering."


		   ALike (x02220@1)a fallen leaf who keeps her green

                         C#m (x13321@4)   AI'm (x02220@1)turning bright in the sea

                                       C#mWhere (x13321@4)a merman with a twinkle casts a hook in me.