Mewithoutyou - Bears Vision Of St Agnes

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G | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
D | – – – – 9~ – – – – – 11 – – 8~ – – – – 4 – 5~ – – – – – – 2 – – – – – – – 4 – 5~ – – – – 2 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
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let ~ ring

verses :
( Em may not be played every time/At all; up to you )

Bm G
barren rocks and sand , our wooden sculpture hands ,
Bm D ( Em ) G
held like a timber hitch , held candles to the sun
Bm G
both faint and fading fast , we walked on , windward
Bm D ( Em ) G
kept time with a pocketmouse , mouths kept mostly shut
Bm G
thought broke the silence like a bone
Bm
half – moaned : “you’ve worn me like an albatross ,
D ( Em ) G
i’ve only slowed you down .

Bm G
you could’ve long traded in your braided crown
Bm D ( Em ) G
by now you could’ve found that anabaptist girl you always used to go on about
Bm G
as we rode in circles on our bicycles;
Bm D ( Em ) G
we walked on balance beams as the audience cheered for us
Bm G
we burned like fevers under carriage hats
Bm
hid behind venetian masks
D ( Em ) G
in our human costumes

Bm G
we stood like statues once in shepherd’s check
Bm
we’ll both be decked in herringbone ,
D ( Em ) G
wrapped border drab around already broken ironstone”
Bm
“but i’ve seen these cliffs before ,
G Bm
st . agnes brought her palm branch to the hospital
D ( Em ) G
looked upward lest the charm had fled

from my brother’s breathing bed

[ play softly ]
Bm G
and when he died i shut his dogtooth violet eyes :
Bm
he looked just like me
D ( Em ) G
climb on down and see
Bm G
they laid him on the rocks below
Bm
there’ll be enough to fill your cup for days
D ( Em ) G
i’ll stay up here and rest .

[ loud again ]
Bm G
we’ll fly in straight lines as from carronades
Bm D ( Em ) G
we’ll crash like tidal waves , decimate the islands
Bm G
as our hollowed lumber falls like water , ends where i start
Bm D ( Em ) G
in that tattered rag shop back in asbury park

[ outro ] :
Bm , F#m
Em , Bm

look how soon my hands won’t move
but if you’ll improve , we’ll all improve
sixty feet and my feet won’t move
but if you’ll improve , we’ll all improve
forty feet , my legs won’t move
but as you improve , we all improve
fill our den with acorn mast ,
i’ll wake before the salmon pass
ten foot more and nothing moves”

Bm , F#m
Em , Bm

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