Key: E major•
Intro 1
E
B
E
B
E
A
C#m
A
Verse 1
Verse 2
B
A
don't sink before I've found my heart;
C#m
B
Heart, don't give up now
C#m
B
Time, don't beat your old retreat,
A
E
'til I've looked the whole thing in the eye.
Interlude 1
E
A
C#m
A
Verse 3
E
B
I have waited, I have waited
But there's no one who
Verse 4
C#m
B
Oh, night, bring all your shadows
A
C#m
and your silence;
B
A
Silence, make a hostage of my mind;
Verse 5
C#m
B
F#
Mind, bring on your trickery;
Black dogs, nip on at my heels,
A
E
'til I've looked the whole thing in the eye.
Interlude 2
E
A
C#m
A
Verse 6
B
A
C#m
B
A
sail high,
B
F#
A
E
A
sail high.
C#m
A
Verse 7
E
B
I have failed you, I have failed you,
A
E
I have closed my heart, I have failed you,
Verse 8
B
A
don't weep for all the things you lose,
C#m
B
A
Morning comes as sure as it must die.
C#m
B
Dying is such mystery,
A
B
E
A
when I've looked the whole thing in the eye?
Verse 9
C#m
A
Swing low, sail high,
E
A
C#m
A
Swing low, sail high.
Outro 1
E
A
C#m
A
E
A
C#m
A
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsE B A C#m F#
E
B
A
C#m
F#
Capo: 2
Transpose: 0
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