This is the beautiful (slow) version from the 2013 Let It All In album:
not to be confused with the rock version from the Moolah Rouge album (2007).
Tuning : Standard
E 022100
F# 244322
B x24442
Intro
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B E B E
Verse 1
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B E
Did you crack the sky wide open
B E
To find what was in-side
B E
Is it not what you were hoping
B E
And not a case of do or die
Refrain 1
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E F# B E
Did you cross the bridgeless gulf of chatter
E F# B E
Did you say just one thing that mattered
E F# B E
Did you skate the cold water of reason
E F# B E
Make figure eights on the logic of its reason
E F# B E
Even the stars die
B E
Verse 2
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B E
In the end what do things matter
B E
God knows I'm not un-kind
B E
I saw it sparkle and then sh-atter
B E
God knows I've half a mind
Refrain 2
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E F# B E
To cross the bridgeless gulf of chatter
E F# B E
To say just one thing that matters
E F# B E
To skate on the cold water of reason
E F# B E
Make figure eights on the logic of its reason
E F# B
Even the stars die
E
Die
B E ...to fade
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I hope I've done it justice!
Kevin O'Brien
Watford
England
February 2013
[email protected]
