Intro: F Dm F Dm (x2) F Dm We met in the East, poured in like a flood F Dm You're the whispering kind, dark sapphire blood F Dm A vision of veils, all shimmery white F Dm Like a backdrop of sails, all aglow from the light Gm Bb Of the wonder behind F At a starry night Dm F Dm F Dm In the mountain?s song, and the blue jay's call F Dm My heartbeat flows, in crystal waterfalls F Dm You were so beautiful, in your elegant bed F Dm You'd have my blues, for your Nantucket reds Gm Bb I'd wait in the dark F Dm balanced on a thread Gm Bb So, I'd wait in the dark F Dm balanced on this thread F Dm Gm Bb And under the church-light F you stand there Dm with your wicked blood and your curls Gm Bb Yeah, under the church-light F you stand there Dm in your fur and your pearls Gm Dm These lines were here Bb F long before we came around Gm Dm Yeah, these lines were here Gm And there's an ember in the rafters Bb F and it's going to bring this whole thing down Dm F Dm F Dm Gm Bb F Dm In the neon mist, I heard you breathe F Dm An exquisite sound, some secret symphony F Dm Your silken skin, my fingers rough F Dm In the midnight din, we went home and touched Gm Bb Beneath the chandeliers F Dm in your Persian's dust Gm Bb Beneath your chandeliers F Dm in your Persian's dust Gm Bb And under the church-light F you stand there Dm with your wicked blood and your curls Gm Bb Yeah, under the church-light F you stand there Dm in your fur and your pearls Gm Dm These lines were here Bb F long before we came around Gm Dm Yeah, these lines were here Bb And there's an ember in the rafters F an ember in the rafters Dm There's an ember in the rafters Gm an ember in the rafters Bb There's an ember in the rafters F an ember in the rafters Dm There?s an ember in the rafters Gm an ember in the rafters Bb Yeah, there?s an ember in the rafters F an ember in the rafters Dm There?s an ember in the rafters Bb an ember in the rafters Gm F Dm Gm Bb F Dm Gm then... Bb F Dm Gm And there's an ember in the rafters Bb F and it's going to bring this whole thing down.
