Key: C major
Intro 1
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Em
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G
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Verse 1
So now,
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let me tell you about this girl of mine
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C
s in the days of 49
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I turn hollow, no me more swallow,
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fast only she breaks
Dm
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But distance keeps her miles or meters,
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what difference does it make?
Verse 2
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Em
'Cause here they come again
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to repossess my dreams
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Em
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Child don't play yourself
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things are never what they seem
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A bridge, a river, a pale moon sliver,
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city shines so bright
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I return where they sleep out every night
Verse 3
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oh, so, oh, so far away
as I go through my day
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Verse 4
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she laps upon my door
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I?ll round a thousand horns just to
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drown upon her shore
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Blood red roses go down moses,
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oh, billowin' sails
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Those so weak-willed, guts guts all sea-filled,
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throw throw them o?er the rails
Verse 5
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Boys, slacken up the jib and
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sing a hearty song
We've been driftin?, driftin?,
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for far too long
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me I'm so bare-breasted on on the bow
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Scabbed and weathered skin of leather,
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who's the deader now
Verse 6
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oh, so, oh, so far away
And I wonder,
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can she hear me as I go through my day
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before your eyes
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Wash up on her coast, not a
Verse 7
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nickel to my name
Sold my, sold my,
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sold my gold watch and chain
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Enough to hire a band of lyres to
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march me on my way
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streets and alleys up to her open gates
Verse 8
And I wonder,
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can she hear me as I go through my day
I guess, I?ll say goodbye
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But I do believe I'm aging
Verse 9
Verse 10
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all my days in vain
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let the desert be my bride
Verse 11
And I wonder,
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can she hear me as I go through my day
right before your eyes
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ChordsC F Em G Dm
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