Key: G major
Intro 1
G
C
D
G
C
D
G
Am
D
C
G
C
Am
A
Ab
G
Verse 1
Verging on a muddy crook of Coquet
E
F#
E
A dice of houses cast with clay
F#
E
C
and sheepdung
Through a soup of starlit peatsmoke
C#
C
Verse 2
F
C
"Bring the goose my child!"
A
D
"Hurry now and drink the bowl
C
F
Eb
C
before it congeals"
Verse 3
Of great evil abound
E
F#
The heartbroken potter's idiot boy was
E
C
snatched from the speltfield
Scouring a fortnight in the hills
All they found, pointing from a sett,
E
C#
a small grey hand
C
F
C
F
Verse 4
F
C
With tansy rags their faces cover
F#
D
Push straws into the windows
A
Dm
C
Damp the coals, and bar the door with
Bb
G
C
hornbeam limb"
Interlude 1
C
G
C
F#
Verse 5
C#
Eb
F
Blinding colours leap
C#
Eb
F
Along bemirrored tower walls
C#
Eb
F
Stretching as far as the eye
Interlude 2
can see
C#
Eb
F
C#
Eb
F
Verse 6
woke in icy beads
By a clamour coming from the
broadbeans
E
F#
The snapping of stems and
E
F#
a foul-smelling bloom
bloom
Glide like a jellyfish across the
E
A
C#
A
C
black morning
Verse 7
C
G
When the sun is climbing
We'll find the harrow
Am
C
G
smothered in slime
C
G
When the sun is climbing
D
G
We'll put it in the dog's noses
Verse 8
C
G
When the sun is climbing
Am
G
We'll break upon the heath
C
G
When the sun is climbing
Verse 9
C
G
When the sun is climbing
We'll weather a storm of
Am
G
living needles
C
G
When the sun is climbing
D
G
We'll tarry by the Pool of Plenty
Verse 10
C
G
When the sun is climbing
We'll hurry down the Valley
Am
G
C
of Eagles
We'll hear the distance
Am
G
of the North Sea
Verse 11
C
G
When the sun is dy ing
We'll cross the Causeway
A
D
G
of No Memory
C
G
When the sun is dying
Am
G
Our trees will billow in dunes
Verse 12
C
G
When the sun is dying
Am
C
G
We'll wade around the shoreline
C
G
When the sun is dying
Am
G
C
The algae as a nap of fire
Verse 13
Am
D
G
Below the surface of the water
C
G
When the sun is dying
In the face of the cliff a
Am
G
ghastly doorway
Verse 14
C
G
When the sun is dy ing
G
C
on the beach
Am
G
F
G
The ebbing tide will soon reveal it's secret
Outro 1
G
C
D
G
D
G
Am
D
C
D
Am
C
C
How did you like the song?
TunerE A D G B E
ChordsG C D Am A...
Popular chords globally
Most played chords & tabs across all users
Recently added
Recently added chords & tabs
