Song To The Siren
(Tim Buckley)
From Starsailor, 1971
Capo 1
Verse 1:
A (x02220@1)        ELong (022100@1)afloat on shipless oceans
D (xx0232@1)        F#mI (244222@1)did all my best to smile
A (x02220@1)              E'Til (022100@1)your singing eyes and fingers
D (xx0232@1)          F#mDrew (244222@1)me loving to your isle
A (x02220@1)       
And you sang
G (320003@1)        DSail (xx0232@1)to me, sail to me
ALet (x02220@1)me enfold you Here I am
F#m (244222@1)         E (022100@1)   Here I am
               D (xx0232@1)      F#mWaiting (244222@1)to hold you

Verse 2:
A (x02220@1)         E (022100@1)   
Did I dream you dreamed about me?
D (xx0232@1)                F#mWere (244222@1)you hare when I was fox?
A (x02220@1)            ENow (022100@1)my foolish boat is leaning
D (xx0232@1)            F#m (244222@1) 
Broken lovelorn on your rocks,
AFor (x02220@1)you sing, 
G (320003@1)           D (xx0232@1)            
"Touch me not, touch me not, 
Acome (x02220@1)back tomorrow, O my heart, 
F#m (244222@1)          E (022100@1)              D (xx0232@1)       F#m (244222@1)   O my heart   shies from the sorrow"

Verse 3:
A (x02220@1)                  EI (022100@1)am puzzled as the newborn child
D (xx0232@1)                 F#mI'm (244222@1)as riddled at the tide
A (x02220@1)              E (022100@1) 
Should I stand amid the breakers?
D (xx0232@1)                  F#m (244222@1)     
Or should I lie with Death my bride?
A (x02220@1)             GHear (320003@1)me sing, "Swim to me, 
D (xx0232@1)                ASwim (x02220@1)to me, Let me enfold you, Here I am, 
F#m (244222@1)         E (022100@1)            D (xx0232@1)       F#m (244222@1)   Here I am,  Waiting to hold you"