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tabbed by : robert mcmillan
email : mcmillan_ra ( at ) hotmail . com

tuning : standard

riff 1

E | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
B | – 2 – – 2 – – – – – 0 – – – – – – – |
G | – 2 – – – – – 2 – – – – – 2 – – – – |
D | – 2 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 4 – |
A | – 0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
E | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |

riff 2

E | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
B | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
G | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
D | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
A | – – 0 – – 2 – – 4 – – – – – – |
E | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |

verse
= = = = =

A C A
into this strange elastic world
C A
pont us kindly gave up a pearl
D G
his eternal stone and mud
D D7 A
but ain’t she lovely bone and blood

C A
born of the sea
Em G A
a thousand miles away from me
D
a court of angels
G
wards of the sun

a future forming
D D7 A
a curse undone

chorus
= = = = = = =

riff 1

F#m A F#m A
under our softly burning lamp she takes her time

riff 1

F#m A E
telling stories of our possible lives
G E A
and love is the ink in the well when her body writes

riff 2

D A D
i’ve been selfish and full of pride
A D
and she knows deep down there’s a little child
A F#m
but i’ve got a good side to me as well
E D Dsus4 D
and it’s that she loves in spite of everything else

break
= = = = =

A C A Em G

verse
= = = = =

A C A
a song in the tree has distracted her mind
C A
some other curious form of life
D G
has made it’s presence to her known
D D7 A
and she coos so gently soft and low

C A
her shining face in a million reflections
Em G A
in tiny raindrops that fall in a veil
D G
over our city like notes from above
D D7 A
it overwhelms me! just aint that tough

chorus
= = = = = =

riff 1

F#m A F#m
it’s not that the darkness can’t touch our lives
A
i know it will , in time

riff 1

F#m A E
but she’s no ordinary valentine
G
and now when the sun goes down
E A
she sheds a darling light .

riff 2

D A D
i’ve been selfish and full of pride
A D
and she knows deep down there’s a little child
A F#m
but i’ve got a good side to me as well
E D Dsus4 D
and it’s that she loves in spite of everything else

outro
= = = = =

A C A G D A

notes : watching james mercer play it live on youtube . he does little embellishments
which add a fair bit to the song a little . but they aren’t really necessary if you just want
to bash it out .

for example on the a chords he will generally play :

A A/G A

likewise on the C :

C C/G C

a good example of this is on here :

corrections welcome .