The Captain and the Hourglass chords by Laura Marling

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Verse 1
Em 
 (E minor) 
G 
You kick the blow,  (G major) 
Em 
now you gotta kick  (E minor) the guy
G 
Em 
You sat alone  (G major) under billowing  (E minor) sky
D 
Em 
If I feel  (D major) god judging  (E minor) me,
D 
Well I fell into  (D major) the water,
Em 
now I'm free.  (E minor) 

Verse 2
Em 
My friends  (E minor) don't really get me,
think I'm the only one
G 
D 
Well I sold  (G major) my soul  (D major) to Jesus and since
C 
Em 
 (C major) then I've  (E minor) had no fun
Behind every tree is a cutting machine
and a kite fallen from grace
G 
D 
Inside  (G major) every man  (D major) is a heart of sand
C 
Em 
you can see  (C major) it in  (E minor) his face.
D 
He'll tick tick tick tick tick tick tick  (D major) away.
Em 
An (E minor) other second lost with every
D 
fallen  (D major) grain.
Em 
D 
 (E minor) He'll tick tick tick tick tick tick tick  (D major) away.
Em 
 (E minor) An  other second lost
D 
with every fallen  (D major) grain.
Em 
The  (E minor) wind and I, we speak

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Verse 3
Em 
 (E minor) the same,
but he don't hear so well.
D 
You're  (D major) gonna have to curse
Em 
him well you're  (E minor) gonna have to yell.
The sky and I, we've had our
fights and I'm coming down to rain,
G 
D 
If the rain come  (G major) round and it  (D major) don't come
C 
Em 
out, then I'll  (C major) never have to speak  (E minor) again,
I can tick tick tick tick
D 
tick tick tick away.  (D major) 
Em 
Another  (E minor) second lost with
D 
every fallen  (D major) grain.
Em 
Can  (E minor) tick tick tick tick
D 
tick tick tick  (D major) away.
Em 
Another  (E minor) second lost with
D 
every fallen  (D major) grain.

Verse 4
Em 
E 
The  (E minor) cap tains  (E major) got his boots on and he's
B 
 (B major) heading out the door,
D 
 (D major) Leaving his lady alone thinkin'
Em 
 (E minor) "he don't love me no more"
He's done with all this bullshit,
he's going back to war,
D 
If heaven is as  (D major) heaven does then
C 
Em 
 (C major) this is hell for  (E minor) sure
And he'll tick tick tick tick
D 
tick tick tick  (D major) away.
Em 
Another  (E minor) second lost with
D 
every fallen  (D major) grain.
Em 
He'll  (E minor) tick tick tick tick
D 
tick tick tick  (D major) away.
Em 
Another  (E minor) second lost with
D 
every fallen  (D major) grain.
G 
You kick the blow,  (G major) 

Verse 5
Em 
now you gotta kick the  (E minor) guy
G 
Em 
You sat alone  (G major) under billowing  (E minor) sky*
D 
Em 
If I feel  (D major) god judging  (E minor) me,
D 
Em 
Well I fell into the  (D major) water, now I'm  (E minor) free
B 
 (B major) 