Stornoway - Gondwanaland B-side of the "I Saw You Blink" single (2010). Transcribed by Jon Malmin ([email protected]) Tuning: Standard E (Capo 3rd fret) Intro: G G Cmaj7/G G When you're tired and you're far, far, far, from home G Cmaj7/G G When you're lost and you're on your own G Cmaj7/G G Cmaj7/G When the fog comes a swirling, swirling 'round you Em G C Am C Mmm, 'til you can't see the path before you C D7 G You should know of the strangest thing G Cmaj7/G G Cmaj7/G You come down like the silent, silent snow G Am C G Cmaj7/G 'Til your mind feels as numb as your fingers G Cmaj7/G G Cmaj7/G It was many, many, many, many years ago Em G Cmaj7/G Am C D7 On the coast of Gondwanaland G C G C No one heard for the howling, howling wind Am C Am C No one heard when they whispered the strangest thing G C G C No one saw for the stinging, stinging rain Am C Am No one saw... D7 G ...The strangest thing G Cmaj7/G G Cmaj/G Saw you slip on the icy, icy street G Am C G Cmaj7/G And I smiled accidentally G Cmaj7/G G Cmaj7/G And you swore at the ice and you swore at me Em G C Am C And my heart melted instantly C D7 In the warmth of the strangest thing Am D7 G (x2) Am D7 G D7/F# Em D C D7 Am D7 G So I'm holding a torch up high for you Am D7 G And the batteries are all brand new Am D7 G D7/F# Em D C D7 But I'm scared they'll wear right through C D7 Before you see me shining for you Am D7 Before I can discover who Am C Am Can show me... D7 G Cmaj7/G ...the strangest thing G C Am C Am C G C G C No one heard for the howling, howling wind Am C Am C No one heard when they whispered the strangest thing G C G C No one saw for the stinging, stinging rain Am C Am No one saw... D7 G Cmaj7/G ...The strangest thing G C Am C Am D7 Outro: Pick these chords... G C/G G C/G Am C Am D7 G That's it!
