Am C G Dm White chalk hills are all I've known Am C G Dm White chalk hills will rot my bones Am C G Dm White chalk sticking to my shoes Am C G F White chalk playing as a child with you Dm C G Oooh ooh ooooh Dm C G G Oooh ooh ooooh Am C G Dm White chalk stands against time Am C G Dm White chalk cutting down the sea at night Am C G Dm I walk the valleys by the surf Am C G Dm On a path cut fifteen hundred years ago F G And I know these chalk hills will rot my Am C G Dm Bones Am C G Dm Am C G Dm Am C G Dm Dm Am C G Dm Dorset's cliffs meet at the sea Am C G Dm Where I walked our unborn child in me Am C G Dm White chalk, poor scattered land Am C Scratch my palms G Dm There's blood on my hands