In 6/8 time I think. Each chord is played for two bars each (so strum 12 times each chord!)
I like to play this song without capo, and I personally prefer using bar chords in this
particular song.
INTRO: A Bm A G
(two bars each the whole way through the song!)
A Bm A G A
VERSE
Bm
This light at the end of the day
A
When even the highways seem still
G A
The map in my hands folded shut
Bm
There isn't one magical word
A
But a carnival of them instead
G A
Like an old, silent cinema screen
Bm
In this light you are framed classically
A
Just a painting that hangs in my head
G A
That I know like the back of my hand
Bm
And with the sun set, the neon awakes
A
And the cold colours dance on your skin
G
Finally the modern makes sense to me
CHORUS
A
You're effortless, you know you are
Bm
And all I want to do
A G
Is let you lead me off into the dusk
A
Our shadows kiss before we do
Bm
Right here in the dark
A G A
I revel in the calm before the storm
VERSE
Bm
The garden is haunted by us
A
And every mistake that we've made
G A
Is at peace coz it led us both here
Bm
The thought that just burns into me
A
Of you in the ink of the night
G
Is the breath-taking danger of you
CHORUS
A
You're effortless, you know you are
Bm
And all I want to do
A G
Is let you lead me off into the dusk
A
Our shadows kiss before we do
Bm
Right here in the dark
A G
I revel in the calm before the storm
A
This is life
Bm
This is all I want from life
A G
It's the fervour and the tenderness combined.
A
In the dark,
Bm
in the ever-falling dark,
A G
we are anchorless adrift but barely notice
