Intro: Bb5 G5 Eb5 E#

Bb5
In the calling out to one another
       G5
All the lovers up and down the strand
Eb5
In the sound of the waves and the cries
       E#
Of the seagulls circling the sand

Bb5
In the fragments of the songs
                 G5
Carried down the wind from some radio
Eb5
In the murmuring of the city in the distance
E#
Ominous and low

Bb5                     G5  
I hear the sound of a world where we played
        Eb5                           E#
And the far too simple beauty of the promises we made

G5               Eb5
If you ever need holding
Bb5             E#
Call my name, I'll be there

G5              Eb5
If you ever need holding
       Bb5                          E#
And no holding back, I'll see you through

Bb5   G5
Sky blue and black
Eb5     E#
//music w/o lyrics//

Repeat intro

Bb5
Where the touch of the lover ends
        G5
And the soul of the friend begins
          Eb5
There's a need to be separate and a need to be one
      E#
And a struggle neither wins

Bb5
Where you gave me the world I was in
      G5
And a place I could make a stand
              Eb5
I could never see how you doubted me
         E#
When I'd let go of your hand
Bb5         G5
Yeah, and I was much younger then
      Eb5                   
And I must have thought that I would know
   E#
If things were going to end
G5                   Eb5
And the heavens were rolling
Bb5                 E#
Like a wheel on a track
G5                Eb5
And our sky was unfolding
Bb5                     E#
 And it'll never fold back

Bb5            G5
Sky blue and black
Eb5     E#
//music w/o lyrics//

Repeat intro

         G5                     Bb5 Eb5 E#
I'd have fought the world for you
          G5                     Bb5 Eb5 E#
If I thought that you wanted me to
       G5                                 Bb5 Eb5 E#
Or put aside what was true or untrue
       Bb5                         E#
If I'd known that's what you needed, what you needed me to do me to do

Bb5                  G5
But the moment has passed by me now
        Eb5
To have put away my pride
              E#
And just come through for you somehow

G5              Eb5
If you ever need holding
Bb5            E#
Call my name, I'll be there
G5              Eb5
If you ever need holding
       Bb5                          E#
And no holding back, I'll see you through

Bb5
You're the colour of the sky
                  G5
Reflected in each store-front window pane
Eb5
You're the whispering and the sighing
      E#
Of my tires in the rain
Bb5                                           G5
You're the hidden cost and the thing that's lost in everything I do
Eb5            E#          Bb5
Yeah and I'll never stop looking for you

G5
//music w/o lyrics//

Eb5
In the sunlight and the shadows
E#
And the faces on the avenue

Bb5 G5 Eb5
      That's the way love is
E#
That's the way love is

Bb5 G5 Eb5
      That's the way love is
E#            Bb5
Sky blue and black