Key: B
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Intro: B --
Verse 1:
B E
A line of strands to mark the trail
E F# B
No one said it would be easy
B
I must admit
E E
I thought that risk was better
F# B
waged in younger seasons
Refrain 1::
G#m
And all these years in the cold
B
play hell on the throat
E
Until everything I say
B
burns like cinders
Chorus 2:
B F#/Bb
But it's hard to belong
G#m F#
to a girl or a song
E F# B
In the crease of a strangling winter
B F#/Bb
It's strange to be lost
G#m F#
Stranger still to be lone on
R F# B
the strings of a twisting line
Verse 2:
B E
Along the way the
turns are sharp
E F#
No one said they
B
would be easy
B
I must admit
E E
I thought the trip was better
F# B
made in younger seasons
Refrain 2:
G#m
But all these years in pursuit
B
made a man of a fool
E B
Till every word I say is on waver
Chorus 2:
B F#/Bb
Well it's hard to belong
G#m F#
To a girl or a song
E F#
In the case of a selfish believer
B F#/Bb
It's strange to be lost
G#m F#
Stranger still to belong on
E F# B
the strings in a twisting line
Interlude: B--E--E-F#-B-
(Repeat Chorus 2)
Outro:
B F#/Bb G#m
And when the path I have made
F# E
From the grass to the grave
F# B
I will love you still
B F#/Bb G#m
And when the sand turns to glass
F# E
And all that's left is the past
F# B (hold)
I will love you still