SOFT AS CHALK

So the other tab of this one on this site wasn't a COMPLETE waste of time  but 
you'll enjoy this far better:

D (xx0232@1)    CSo, (x32010@1)so long ago
G (320003@1)          DAnd (xx0232@1)so far away
D (xx0232@1)      C (x32010@1)      
When time was just a line
           GThat (320003@1)you fed me
                  DWhen (xx0232@1)you wanted to stay

D (xx0232@1)           CWe'd (x32010@1)talk as soft as chalk
       G (320003@1)                    DTill (xx0232@1)morning came, as pale as a pearl

D (xx0232@1)        CNo (x32010@1)time, no, no time
       G (320003@1)                       DNow, (xx0232@1)I have got all the time in the world

D (xx0232@1)              BbSay, (x1333x@1)honey, did you belong to me
 Eb (x43121@3)                    Dm (xx0231@1)                 FTell (133211@1)me, honey, was your heart at rest when, darling
                 CAll (x32010@1)the mourning doves were howling us
  Bb (x1333x@1)                  Dm (xx0231@1)         C (x32010@1)    Dm (xx0231@1)name="chord_133211@1">F  DmA (xx0231@1)song of love's oh god-awful lawlessness, law-less-ness!
D (xx0232@1)             BbSay, (x1333x@1)honey, did you belong to me
Eb (x43121@3)                  DmTell (xx0231@1)me, honey, did I pass your test
    F (133211@1)                       CI (x32010@1)lay, as still as death, until the dawn
            Bb (x1333x@1)                   Dm (xx0231@1)         CWhereupon (x32010@1)I wrested from your god-awful lawlessness,
Dm (xx0231@1)F (133211@1)  DmLaw-less-ness! (xx0231@1)
  D (xx0232@1)               CI (x32010@1)roam around the tidy grounds
         G (320003@1)         COf (x32010@1)my dappled sanatorium
D (xx0232@1)                      CCoatless, (x32010@1)I sit amongst the moles, adrift
       G (320003@1)                DAnd (xx0232@1)I dote upon my pinesap gum
        D (xx0232@1)                         CAnd (x32010@1)the light, through the pines in brassy tines
     G (320003@1)             DLays (xx0232@1)over me, dim as rum
      D (xx0232@1)                  C (x32010@1)     
And thick as molasses, and so time passes
    G (320003@1)                    CAnd (x32010@1)so, my heart, tomorrow comes

D (xx0232@1) 
I feel you, leaning
     BbOut (x1333x@1)back with the crickets
      Eb (x43121@3)              DmLoyal (xx0231@1)heart marking the soon-ness darkness
 

 F (133211@1)                       CTonight, (x32010@1)still the mourning doves
                     BbWill (x1333x@1)summon us their song
               Dm (xx0231@1)           C (x32010@1)    Dm (xx0231@1)F (133211@1)DmOf (xx0231@1)love's neverdoneing lawlessness, law-less-ness!

       D (xx0232@1)        
While, over and over
     BbRear (x1333x@1)up, stand down, lay round
  Eb (x43121@3)                    DmTrying (xx0231@1)to sound-out or guess the reasons
   F (133211@1)                   CTo (x32010@1)sleep like a soldier, without rest
                   BbBut (x1333x@1)there is no treason
               Dm (xx0231@1)        C (x32010@1)   Dm (xx0231@1)name="chord_133211@1">F   DmWhere (xx0231@1)there is only lawlessness, law-less-ness!
Dm (xx0231@1)MIDDLE SECTION:
Dm, Bb, Gm, C
Dm, Bb, Gm, C
faster
Dm, Bb, Gm, C
Dm, Bb, Gm, C

       EbIn (x43121@3)the last week
                  GmOf (355333@1)the last year I was aware
            C#I (x43121@1)took a blind shot, across the creek
       G#At (xx1114@1)the black bear
          EbWhen (x43121@3)he roused me in the night
            C#And (x43121@1)left me cowering with my light
Calling out
 G# (xx1114@1)    FmWho (133111@1)is there
      CmWho's (x3101x@1)there
       EbWho (x43121@3)is there

Bb, Fm, Am, C
Dm, Bb, Gm, C
Dm, Bb, Gm, C
Dm, Bb, Gm, C
Dm, Bb, Gm, C

   EbI (x43121@3)watched you sleep
 GmRepeating (355333@1)my prayer
 C#Give (x43121@1)love a little shove
          G#And (xx1114@1)it becomes terror
             EbAnd (x43121@3)now I am calling
In a sadness beyond anger
           C#And (x43121@1)beyond fear
G# (xx1114@1)   FmWho (133111@1)is there
      CmWho's (x3101x@1)there
      EbWho (x43121@3)is there

Bb, Fm, Am, C, D

D, C, G, D
D, C, G, D

 DI (xx0232@1)glare and nod
         CLike (x32010@1)the character, God
        G (320003@1)                      DBearing (xx0232@1)down upon the houses and lawns
   DI (xx0232@1)knew a little bit,
      CBut, (x32010@1)darling, you were it
       G (320003@1)			CAnd, (x32010@1)darling, now it is long gone
D (xx0232@1)                 CSweetheart, (x32010@1)in your clean, bright start
G (320003@1)                              DBack (xx0232@1)there, behind a hill, and a dell
       D (xx0232@1)                      CAnd (x32010@1)a state line or two, I'll be thinking of you
              G (320003@1)                       DYes, (xx0232@1)I'll be thinking and be wishing you well
 D (xx0232@1)           C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)               DWe (xx0232@1)land, I stand, but I wait for the sound of the bell
D (xx0232@1)        C (x32010@1)                 G (320003@1)           CI (x32010@1)have to catch a cab and my bags are at the carousel
     D (xx0232@1)           C (x32010@1)                D (xx0232@1)       
And then Lord, just then, time alone will only tell
You morning dove