And Yet chords by Sting
Intro 1
Em
B
Em
A
This town,
Verse 1
Em
this stain on the sunrise
Am
Disguised in the mist, this morning.
Dsus4
D
G
F#m
It's 8 AM, a seagull shouts
A
B
Em
A
Em
A sailor's warning, this sky.
Verse 2
Em
This bend in the river
Am
Slows down and delivers me
Dsus4
D
The tide rolls back
G
F#m
B
And all my memories fade
C#dim
to black.
Verse 3
Am
And yet,
C
Dsus4
And yet...
Em
I'm back
C#dim
This
Verse 4
town has a strange
B
D#aug
magnetic pull
B
D#aug
Like a homing signal
A
B
A
in your skull
C#dim
Em
And you sail by the stars
C#dim
A
of the hemisphere
Em
C#dim
Wondering how in the hell did
Em
you end up here?
G
It's like
Verse 5
Am
Dsus4
an underground river or
D
Dsus4
a hidden stream
D
C#dim
That flows through your head
C
and haunts your dream
Am
And you stuffed those dream
Dsus4
s in this canvas sack
G
A
And there's nothing round here
F#m
B
that the wide world lacks.
Verse 6
Am
Dsus4
And yet,
D
Dsus4
And yet...
Em
You're back
Verse 7
A
B
Some night I'd lie on
the deck and I'd stare
A
D#aug
A
At the turning of the stars
C#dim
Em
A
Those constellations hanging up there
Em
C#dim
Em
A
From the cables and the rigging
Verse 8
Am
D
I wonder if she saw the same
C#dim
C
or managed to recall my name
Am
Dsus4
Why would she ever think of me,
G
F#m
B
some boy she loved who fled to sea?
Am
Bm
And why waste time debating
D
C
F#dim
F#m
Whether she'd be waiting for the
Bm
B
Em
likes of me?
C#dim
A
C#dim
Em
Verse 9
C#dim
Em
A
D#aug
So you drift into port with
B
D#aug
the scum of the seas
A
B
To the dance halls and the brothels where
D#aug
you took your ease!
Em
C#dim
And the ship's left the dock,
Em
C#dim
A
but you're half past caring
C#dim
And you haven't got a clue
Em
A
whose bed you're sharing.
Verse 10
A
Am
And your head's like a hammer
Dsus4
on a bulkhead door
C#dim
And it feels like somebody might
Em
C
have broken your jaw
Am
And there's bloodstains and
Dsus4
glass all over the floor
G
F#m
And you swear to god
B
ye'll drink no more.
Verse 11
Am
And yet,
Dsus4
D
F#m
A
B
Em
And yet...
In truth
A
Em
It's too late to find her
A
Too late to remind
Verse 12
Am
her
Dsus4
at some garden gate
D
C#dim
Where a servant
C
tells me I should wait
Am
And perhaps a door's slammed
D
Dsus4
D
in my face
G
F#m
B
My head must be in outer space.
Verse 13
Am
And yet,
Dsus4
And yet
C#dim
C
Before the sun has set
Am
Bm
Before the sea there
C
may be something else
Am
F#dim
F#m
Bm
B
A
That's waiting for the likes of me.
Outro 1
B
Em
Em
A
Em
B
Em
Em
Em
And Yet
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