Key: G major
Intro 1
E
B
F#m
E
B
F#m
E
B
F#m
E
F#m
Verse 1
B
F#m
Ours is just another skin
B
F#m
That simply slips away
B
F#m
You can rise above it
B
F#m
It will shed easily
Verse 2
C#m
A
B
It all will come out fine
A
B
I've learned it line by line
E
B
F#m
One common wire
E
B
F#m
One silver thread
E
B
F#m
All that you desire
E
Rolls on ahead
F#m
Verse 3
B
F#m
Like a ship in a bottle
B
F#m
Held up to the sun
B
F#m
Sails ain't going nowhere
B
F#m
You can count every one
B
F#m
Until it crashes unto the earth
B
F#m
And simply slips away
B
F#m
You can hide in the open
B
F#m
Or just disappear
Interlude 1
C#m
A
B
A
B
E
B
F#m
E
B
F#m
E
B
F#m
E
F#m
B
F#m
B
F#m
B
F#m
B
F#m
B
F#m
B
F#m
B
F#m
B
F#m
Verse 4
B
F#m
Ours is just a craving
B
F#m
And a twist of the wrist
B
F#m
Will undo the stopper
B
F#m
With abrupt tenderness
B
F#m
Die little sparrow
B
And awake
F#m
Singing
Verse 5
C#m
A
B
It all will come out fine
A
E
B
I've learned it line by line
E
B
F#m
One common wire
E
B
F#m
One silver thread
E
B
F#m
All that you desire
E
Rolls on ahead
Outro 1
F#m
E
B
F#m
E
B
F#m
E
B
F#m
E
F#m
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsE B F#m C#m A
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