[Chords]
E = 022100
E7sus4 = 020230
A = 002220
Dsus2 = **0230
Asus2 = *02200
E5 = 079900
B5alt = 024400
Asus4 = *02230
D = **0232
G = 320002
Bm = *24432
[Verse]
E E7sus4 A
You should have been an angel, it would have suited you,
Dsus2 A Dsus2 Asus2 E5 E5
My gold leafed triptych angel, she knows just what to do.
E E7sus4 A
In the half light of morning, in a world between the sheets,
Dsus2 A Asus2 E5 E5 Dsus2
I swear I saw her angel wing, my vision was complete.
Dsus2 Asus2 E5 E5
And I know I'll never want another lover, my sweet.
Dsus2
Can there be more in this world,
Asus2 B5alt
Than the joy of just watching you sleep'
I don't know just what to feel,
E E7sus4
Won't someone tell me my love is real'
[Instrumental]
A Asus4 A E E7sus4 A Asus4 A
[Verse]
E Dsus2
Are we etched in stone or just scratched in the sand,
A D A E
Waiting for the waves to come and re-claim the land.
E Dsus2
Will the sun shine, all sweetness and light,
A Dsus2 Asus2 E
Burn us to a cinder, our third stone satelite.
[Chorus 1]
E Dsus2
I'm on a tightrope, baby, nine miles high,
A Dsus2 E
Striding through the clouds on my ribbon in the sky.
E Dsus2
I'm on a tightrope, baby, one thing I've found,
A
I don't know how to stop, and it's a
G Bm E5
Long, long, long, long way down.
[Instrumental]
E D A E E5 E5
[Verse]
E5 Dsus2
She's all that ever mattered and all that ever will,
A Dsus2 Asus2 E
My cup it runneth over, I'll never get my fill.
E Dsus2
The boats in the harbour slip from their chains,
A Dsus2 Asus2 E
Head for new horizons, lets do the same.
[Chorus 2]
E Dsus2
I'm on a tightrope, baby, nine miles high,
A Dsus2 E
Striding through the clouds on my ribbon in the sky.
E Dsus2
I'm on a tightrope, baby, one thing I've found,
A
I don't know how to stop,
[Verse]
E Dsus2
And it's a tightrope, baby, nine miles high,
A Dsus2 E
Striding through the clouds on my ribbon in the sky.
E Dsus2
I'm on a tightrope, baby, one thing I've found,
A
I don't know how to stop, and it's a
G Bm E5
Long, long, long, long way down.
