Noni's Field
Em
When I closed my eyes in Noni's field
G
We were lying on our backs.
Em
I dreamt that the ground split a seam,
G
Our spirits, floating.
Cmaj7
When no longer tied into our bodies,
G
We left them wrapping as a sign,
to slip into the crack.
Cmaj7 G
Tired and ready to go.
G
But I don't know what goes on.
D7
I touched my grandfather s face, he lay fixed in his casket.
He lay sewn shut and folded so that none could refuse it.
Em
They had posed, they had painted him.
I laughed. I let him go.
A7 Cmaj7
His cheeks washed like watercolor sunlight, evening time.
G
I could never put my hands back to them.
G
Still, I don t know what goes on.
D7
Will my thoughts burn in unseen patterns, form a dim glow in your mind
Long after you remember who it was that I looked like?
Em A7 Cmaj7 G
Oh Oh Oh Oh
Em G
We saw the sky, swarming full with the light that the fireflies made.
Em Bm/D Cmaj7
An accidental constellation.
A7 Cmaj7 G
You, how will you go?
Em A7
Out through your mouth in a sigh?
Cmaj7 G
Into a space we don't know.
Em A7 Cmaj7 A7 Cmaj7
Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh
G
(Awesome String Part)
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G|---------------4---------2--------|
D|-5---------------4-----2----------|
A|---7-5-7-5---5--------------------|
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