Capo III - Chords relative to capo E5 D5 A5 x4 E5 D5 A5 E5 D5 A5 I was just bony hands as cold as a winter pole E5 D5 A5 E5 D5 A5 you held a warm stone out new flowing blood to hold E5 D5 A5 E5 D5 A5 oh what a contrast you were to the brutes in the halls E5 D5 A5 E5 D5 A5 my timid young fingers held a decent animal G5 D5 Over the ramparts you tossed G5 D5 the scent of your skin and some foreign flowers G5 D5 F5 tied to a brick sweet as a song C5 D5 the years have been short but the days were long E5 D5 A5 E5 D5 A5 Cool of a temperate breeze from dark skies to wet grass E5 D5 A5 E5 D5 A5 we fell in a field it seems now a thousand summers passed E5 D5 A5 E5 D5 A5 when our kite lines first crossed we tied them into knots E5 D5 A5 E5 D5 A5 and to finally fly apart we had to cut them off G5 D5 Since then it's been a book G5 you read in reverse D5 so you understand less as the pages turn G5 D5 F5 or a movie so crass and awkwardly cast C5 D5 that even I could be the star C5 D5 F5 G5 I dont look back much as a rule C5 D5 F5 G5 and all this way before murder is cool C5 D5 G5 C5 but your memory is here and i'd like you to stay D5 a warm light on a winter's day E5 D5 A5 x6 G5 D5 Over the ramparts you tossed G5 D5 the scent of your skin and some foreign flowers G5 D5 F5 tied to brick sweet as a song C5 F5 the years have been short but the days go slowly by C5 to loose kites falling from the sky F5 C5 D5 drawn to the ground and an end to flight Without capo G5 F5 C5 x4 G5 F5 C5 G5 F5 C5 I was just bony hands as cold as a winter pole G5 F5 C5 G5 F5 C5 you held a warm stone out new flowing blood to hold G5 F5 C5 G5 F5 C5 oh what a contrast you were to the brutes in the halls G5 F5 C5 G5 F5 C5 my timid young fingers held a decent animal Bb5 F5 Over the ramparts you tossed Bb5 F5 the scent of your skin and some foreign flowers Bb5 F5 Ab5 tied to a brick sweet as a song Eb5 F5 the years have been short but the days were long G5 F5 C5 G5 F5 C5 Cool of a temperate breeze from dark skies to wet grass G5 F5 C5 G5 F5 C5 we fell in a field it seems now a thousand summers passed G5 F5 C5 G5 F5 C5 when our kite lines first crossed we tied them into knots G5 F5 C5 G5 F5 C5 and to finally fly apart we had to cut them off Bb5 F5 Since then it's been a book Bb5 you read in reverse F5 so you understand less as the pages turn Bb5 F5 Ab5 or a movie so crass and awkwardly cast Eb5 F5 that even I could be the star Eb5 F5 Ab5 Bb5 I dont look back much as a rule Eb5 F5 Ab5 Bb5 and all this way before murder is cool C#5 F5 Bb5 Eb5 but your memory is here and i'd like you to stay F5 a warm light on a winter's day G5 F5 C5 x6 Bb5 F5 Over the ramparts you tossed Bb5 F5 the scent of your skin and some foreign flowers Bb5 F5 Ab5 tied to brick sweet as a song Eb5 Ab5 the years have been short but the days go slowly by Eb5 to loose kites falling from the sky Ab5 Eb5 Bb5 drawn to the ground and an end to flight
