297 Words chords by Alan Hull

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Intro 1

Verse 1
Em 
I  (E minor) wake up all morning in the bowl of night
Has flung the stone that put
D 
the stars to flight  (D major) 
A 
And look, the hunter or beast  (A major) has caught
D 
Bm 
The  (D major)  (B minor) sultan's turret in a
A 
noose of light  (A major) 
D 
Dream (D major) ing when dawn's
A 
left and was  (A major) in the sky
Bm 
Em 
E 
I  (B minor) heard a voice within the tavern cry  (E minor)  (E major) 
Em 
D 
A 
 (E minor) Awake  (D major) my little ones  (A major) 
Bm 
and fill the cof (B minor) fee bowl
D 
As the liquor in its cup  (D major) be dry
And as the cock crows,
A 
 (A major) those who stood before
Bm 
C 
 (B minor) the tavern shouted  (C major) 
Bm 
Open the door,  (B minor) 
C 
Bm 
C 
you know  (C major) how little while  (B minor) we have to stay  (C major) 
Bm 
And once depar (B minor) ted,
C 
Bm 
Em 
E 
Em 
may re (C major) turn no more  (B minor)  (E minor)  (E major)  (E minor) 
E 
Within the seed of wisdom did I sow,  (E major) 
Em 
 (E minor) And with my own hands
D 
laboured it to grow.  (D major) 
A 
And this was all the harvest that  (A major) I reaped,
Bm 
A 
I came  (B minor) like water and like wind I  (A major) go.
D 
So  (D major) leave the wise to wrangle
A 
and with me the  (A major) quarrel of the universe,
Bm 
let thee,  (B minor) 
and in some corner of the hubbub couched,
Em 
E 
 (E minor)  (E major) 
D 
A 
play  (D major) a game of that which makes  (A major) 
D 
Bm 
as much of  (D major) thee,  (B minor) for in
D 
A 
 (D major) And out above, above,  (A major) below
Bm 
C 
Is  (B minor) nothing but a ma (C major) gic shadow
Bm 
C 
So  (B minor) plain  (C major) in a box
Bm 
C 
Whose candour  (B minor) is the sun (C major) 
Bm 
C 
Round which we fantom  (B minor) figure  (C major) 
Bm 
Come an (B minor) d   go,
C 
Bm 
Em 
E 
Em 
come  (C major) and  (B minor) go  (E minor)  (E major)  (E minor) 
And this I know, whether the one to like
E 
Em 
 (E major) Kindled  (E minor) to love or anger,
D 
consume me quite  (D major) 
A 
One glimpse of it within the tavern  (A major) court
Bm 
Is  (B minor) better than in the chest lost outright
A 
D 
 (A major) Oh, you  (D major) who did with
A 
pitfall and with gin  (A major) 
Bm 
They set  (B minor) this road I was
Em 
E 
to wander in (E minor)  (E major) 
D 
A 
Bm 
You  (D major) will not with predes (A major) tination run  (B minor) 
D 
A 
Bm 
An (D major) d  bless me and empty  (A major) my ball to sin  (B minor) 
C 
Bm 
C 
Oh, you  (C major) who mine a  (B minor) face as they make,  (C major) 
Bm 
C 
and who, if needed,  (B minor) did devise  (C major) this thing,
Bm 
C 
for  (B minor) all the sins cried with  (C major) a face on,
Bm 
C 
mine  (B minor) is like the man's  (C major) broken
Bm 
C 
Bm 
C 
escape.  (B minor)  (C major)  (B minor)  (C major) 
Bm 
D 
C 
D 
Bm 
C 
D 
Bm 
Empty  (B minor)  (D major)  (C major)  (D major)  (B minor)  (C major)  (D major)  (B minor) 
Em 
 (E minor) 
Em 
E 
Em 
E 
A 
C 
 (E minor)  (E major)  (E minor) Empty  (E major)  (A major)  (C major) You
Bm 
 (B minor) 