Key: G# minor•
Intro 1
E
D#
G#m
D#
E
D#
G#m
Verse 1
E
"Oh I know
D#
that you are an artist" she said
G#m
"For you make your song
E
B
D#
s out of clay
E
You carry the dust on your
D#
hands and your face
G#m
E
B
You never quite brushed it away
E
C#m
You were trying to chisel a perfect truth
B
When the instrument broke
F#
in your hand
C#m
Now you sit all alone on the
E
greenhouse roof
D#
D#sus4
With your shoes full of sand"
D#
D#sus4
D#
G#m
B
And the golden rays of the sun divide
F#
E
In the slanting mists of the rain
B
D#
And Maggie is on the road again
G#m
Verse 2
E
"Oh I know that you were a sail
D#
or" she said
G#m
E
B
"'Til you came too close to the shore
D#
E
D#
And like any shipwrecked sailor now
G#m
E
B
You live by an open door
E
And when evening sails
C#m
in the masts of the trees
B
F#
Your feet seem to slip on the ground
C#m
E
And you long for the little ship
D#
D#sus4
D#
In which you can safely drown"
G#m
B
And the silver mounds of the waves divide
F#
E
At the feet of the wind and the rain
B
D#
And Maggie is far at sea again
Verse 3
G#m
C#m
E
"0h I know that you were an
D#
out law" she said
G#m
"And you robbed both
E
B
the rich and the poor
E
Now you seek my bed like
D#
a sanctuary
G#m
E
B
But you keep one eye on the door
E
And you press my hand in
C#m
the dead of the night
B
F#
And say I can heal all your wounds
C#m
In the morning your eyes just
E
look hunted again
D#sus4
D#
You'll be leaving soon"
G#m
B
And the silver, rays of the moon divide
F#
E
In the slanting mists of the rain
B
D#
And Maggie is on the prowl again
G#m
Verse 4
E
"So I know that you are an
D#
artist" she said
G#m
"And you make your song
E
B
D#
s out of clay
E
For you carry the dust
D#
on your hands and your face
G#m
E
B
You never quite brushed it away
E
And you work with your back
C#m
to an open door
B
F#
While the light is beginning to fade
C#m
And the windows are liquid
E
the sky is alive
D#sus4
And the night is jade"And the
D#
G#m
B
silver rays of the moon divide
F#
E
In the slanting mists of the rain
B
D#
And Maggie is on the road
G#m
B
C#
again
G#m
B
And the silver rays of the moon divide
F#
E
At the feet of the wind and the rain
B
D#
And Maggie, I'm at your door again
Outro 1
G#m
E
D#
E
D#
E
D#
E
D#
E
D#
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsE D# G#m B C#m...
E
D#
G#m
B
C#m
F#
D#sus4
C#
Capo: 4
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