Key: D major
Verse 1
Wide berths of that land
and some bunched trees
Smeared dark green by rain
as she opened it and peered through
Look, she said, they've lamps on already
And they're giving tea there
think of the warm stove and that samovar.
He looked up at our face
G
D
that shone white in the cold air.
Am
D
It was otherwise dark in the carriage,
G
C
and he felt he belonged
F
C
to that absence of light.
C
F
D
they've settled to this bay -windowed guest -house
by the harbour wall.
Each of us loved a man who died,
G
then learnt how to be old and seemed cheerful,
D
I think of being young in a Coastguard station.
Those cement cottages
with the washing swaying in
where little stick figures
G
D
go flickering along the roads
Such eagerness, it used to be
the windows there
G
D
So many names, faces, and used things
C
F
D
F
Dry tannica, the smell of cedar wood,
I have my drawer of rings and
The waves rustle on the beach
like stark silk,
D
D
into a wide room where
lamps are burning.
Love was a danger and their children
At sunset,
when I saw the white beacon on the quay
I felt a tear starting
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsD G Am C F
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