OUR LADY OF THE WELL – Jackson Browne

Intro
|G        |C        |C       |G         |

        G                   
It is a dance we do in silence
                       C
Far below this morning sun
       C
You in your life, me in mine
          G
We have begun
        G
Here we stand and without speaking
                        C
Draw the water from the well
    C                G
And stare beyond the plains
   G/f#      G/E       D      C
To where the mountains lie so still

           G    C               G
But it's a long way that I have come
                             Am                             C
Across the sand to find this peace among your people in the sun
                            G       Bm               Em
Where the families work the land as they have always done
           Am            C                G         C
Oh it's so far the other way my country's gone

          G
Across my home has grown the shadow
                         C
Of a cruel and senseless hand
          C        
Though in some strong hearts
                   G
The love and truth remain
           G
And it has taken me this distance
      G                C
And a woman's smile to learn
        C             G         G/f#      
That my heart remains among them
       G/E    D          C
And to them I must return

           G    C               G
But it's a long way that I have come
           G                Am                             C
Across the sand to find you here among these people in the sun
                            G       
Where your children will be born
       Bm                 Em
You'll watch them as they run
           Am            C               G
Oh it's so far the other way my life has gone

       D             
If you look for me, Maria
         C
You will find me in the shade
       G     D/F#   Em
Wide awake or in a dream
             Bm     C
It's hard to tell--
       D
If you come to me, Maria
       C
I will show you what I've made
       G               F           C
It's a picture for our lady of the well


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Transcribed by Gerard Koot (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Email gerardkoot@hotmail.com