• Song:

    Tower Song

  • Artist:

    Townes Van Zandt

  • Album:

    Live at the Old Quarter...

Capo on 4 
 
 
C5  E5               D5     F5 G5 
so close and yet so far away 
G5                     F5       C5 
and all the things I'd hope to say 
F5               E5     A5 
will have to go unsaid today 
F5               G5 
perhaps until tomorrow 
C5    E5                 D5        F5  G5 
your fears have built a wall between 
G5                     F5      C5 
our lives and all that loving means 
F5                 E5      A5 
will have to go unfelt it seems 
F5            G5 
leaving only sorrow 

Refr?o -------------
F5                    G5          E5 
You built your tower strong and tall 
F5                  G5           C5 
Can't you see it's got to fall someday
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you close your eyes and speak to me 
of faith and love and destiny 
as distant as eternity 
from truth and understanding 
the wind blows cold outside your door 
it whispers words I've tried before 
but you don't hear me anymore 
you're pride's just too demanding 

 
Repeat Chorus 
 

the end is coming soon it's plain 
a warm bed just ain't worth the pain 
and I will go and you'll remain 
with bitterness we've tasted 
a mother's breast a new born child 
a poet's tears a drunken smile 
i can't help thinking all the while 
their meaning won't be wasted 
 

Repeat Chorus
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