Tabbed by: Robert McMillan Tuning: Standard Riff 1 e | ------------------ | B | -2--2-----0------- | G | -2-----2-----2---- | D | -2--------------4- | A | -0---------------- | E | ------------------ | Riff 2 e | --------------- | B | --------------- | G | --------------- | D | --------------- | A | --0--2--4------ | E | --------------- | Verse ===== A5 C5 A5 Into this strange elastic world C5 A5 Pont us kindly gave up a pearl D5 G5 His eternal stone and mud D5 D5 A5 But ain't she lovely bone and blood C5 A5 Born of the sea E5 G5 A5 A thousand miles away from me D5 A court of angels G5 Wards of the sun A future forming D5 D5 A5 A curse undone Chorus ======= Riff 1 F#5 A5 F#5 A5 Under our softly burning lamp she takes her time Riff 1 F#5 A5 E5 Telling stories of our possible lives G5 E5 A5 And love is the ink in the well when her body writes Riff 2 D5 A5 D5 I've been selfish and full of pride A5 D5 And she knows deep down there's a little child A5 F#5 But I've got a good side to me as well E5 D5 D5 D5 And it's that she loves in spite of everything else Break ===== A5 C5 A5 E5 G5 Verse ===== A5 C5 A5 A song in the tree has distracted her mind C5 A5 Some other curious form of life D5 G5 Has made it's presence to her known D5 D5 A5 And she coos so gently soft and low C5 A5 Her shining face in a million reflections E5 G5 A5 in tiny raindrops that fall in a veil D5 G5 Over our city like notes from above D5 D5 A5 It overwhelms me! just aint that tough Chorus ====== Riff 1 F#5 A5 F#5 It's not that the darkness can't touch our lives A5 I know it will, in time Riff 1 F#5 A5 E5 But she's no ordinary valentine G5 And now when the sun goes down E5 A5 she sheds a darling light. Riff 2 D5 A5 D5 I've been selfish and full of pride A5 D5 And she knows deep down there's a little child A5 F#5 But I've got a good side to me as well E5 D5 D5 D5 And it's that she loves in spite of everything else Outro ===== A5 C5 A5 G5 D5 A5
