Key: D major•
Intro 1
D
Am
D
Bm
C
Em
G
Em
Was it summer when the river
Verse 1
C
D
Bm
ran dry,
B
E
Em
G
Or was it just another dam.
C
D
When the evil of a snowflake in June
G
Bm
Could still be a source of relief.
C
Em
O how I love you,
I once cried long ago,
But I was the one who decided to go.
Am
Dm
Fdim
To search beyond the final crest,
Though I'd heard it said just
Em
Bm
C
birds could dwell so high.
D
Verse 2
G
So I pretended to have
C
D
Bm
wings for my arms
Bsus4
B
E
And took off in the air.
G
I flew to places which
C
D
the clouds never see,
Bm
C
Too close to the deserts of sand,
Em
Where a thousand mirages,
A
the shepherds of lies
Em
Forced me to land and take a disguise.
A
Am
I would welcome a horse's
Dm
Fdim
kick to send me back
Em
Bm
If I could find a horse not
made of sand.
C
D
Verse 3
E
If this desert's all there'll
F#m
F#dim
ever be
F
C
Then tell me what becomes of me.
D
Bb
Csus4
F
A fall of rain?
Fdim
That must have been an
Bb
F
other of your dreams,
Am
G
Em
D
E
Em
E
A dream of mad man moon.
Interlude 1
D
E
C#
F#
C#
B
C#
F#
C#
C#sus4
C#
C#sus4
C#
G#m
E
C#
E#
D
C#
C#sus4
B
F#
B
G#m
C#
C#sus4
C#
F#
C#
B
C#
B
F#m
B
F#m
B
G#m
C#
C#m
A
F#m
A
F#m
D
E
C#
B
F#m
B
G#m
C#
C#m
A
F#m
A
F#m
B
D
C#
D
Bm
F#m
C#
F#
C#
F#
C#
F#
C#
F#
C#
F#
C#
Verse 4
C#
Hey man,
C#sus4
I'm the sand man.
C#
F#
C#
And boy have I news for you;
C#sus4
C#
They're gonna throw you in gaol
And you know they can't fail
''cause sand is thicker than blood.
B
E
But a prison in sand
Is a haven in hell,
For a gaol can give you a goal
E#dim
C#
E#
[and a] goal can find you a role
On a muddy pitch in Newcastle,
Where it rains so much
You can't wait for a touch
F#m
E
Of sun and sand,
F#
sun and sand...
D#m
D#sus4
D#m
F#
Verse 5
G
Em
G
D
Within the valley of shadowless death
Bsus4
B
E
They pray for thunderclouds and rain,
D
G
Em
But to the multitude
C
D
who stand in the rain
Bm
G
Bm
C
Heaven is where the sun shines.
Em
The grass will be greener till the
stems turn to brown
And thoughts will fly higher till
E
the earth brings them down.
Am
Dm
Fdim
Forever caught in desert lands
one has to learn
Em
Bm
To disbelieve the sea.
C
D
Verse 6
E
F#m
If this desert's all there'll
F#dim
ever be
F
C
Then tell me what becomes of me.
D
Bb
Csus4
F
A fall of rain?
Fdim
That must have been an
Bb
F
other of your dreams,
Am
Asus4
Em
D
E
A dream of mad man moon.
Outro 1
E
D
E
Am
D
Em
D
C
D
D
F#m
B
G#m
A
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsD Am Bm C Em...
D
Am
Bm
C
Em
G
B
E
Dm
Fdim
Bsus4
A
F#m
F#dim
F
Bb
Csus4
C#
F#
C#sus4
G#m
E#
C#m
E#dim
D#m
D#sus4
Asus4
Capo: No capo
Transpose: 0
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Chords
D
Am
Bm
C
Em
G
B
E
Dm
Fdim
Bsus4
A
F#m
F#dim
F
Bb
Csus4
C#
F#
C#sus4
G#m
E#
C#m
E#dim
D#m
D#sus4
Asus4
Capo: No capo
Transpose: 0
0
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