D en G actually have other names (D/A, G/D), but I call them D and G for readability of
the chord chart.

Intro:
A5 G5 x3
D5 A5
D5 A5 D5 A5 D5

Verse 1:
D5
Oh
   A5
to be
     D5
not anyone
A5
gone
     D5
this maze of being
A5
skin

Verse 2:
D5
oh
   A5
to cry
    D5
not any cry

   A5
so mournful that
    D5         A5
the dove just laughs
              D5
the steadfast gasps

Verse3:
D5
oh
   A5
to owe
    D5
not anyone
A5
nothing
   D5
to be
    A5
not here
    D5
but here
forsaking
equatorial bliss
    A5
who walked through
   D5
the callow mist
A5
dressed in scraps
    D5
who walked
    A5               D5
the curve of the world
      A5
whose bone scraped
      D5
whose flesh unfurled
    A5
who grieves not
D5
anyone gone
   A5 D5
to greet lame
    D5
the inspired sky
amazed to stumble
      A5    D5
where gods get lost
A5
beneath
    D5
the southern cross

Outro:
D5 A5 (x5)
D5 G5 (x4) D5 D5 A5 D5
A5 D5
(chords played over Jeff Buckley's vocal)

Coda:
D5
cross over boy
cross over
A5 D5 A5 D5 A5 D5 G5 D5
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