This is based on the version from Solo Acoustic Volume 2.
As Jackson plays it on the piano it’s not exact but I think it works as a good
base for you to then use your ear to hear when a base note or something needs to be emphasised.
Intro: A# Gm D# F
A#
In the calling out to one another
Gm
All the lovers up and down the strand
D#
In the sound of the waves and the cries
F
Of the seagulls circling the sand
A#
In the fragments of the songs
Gm
Carried down the wind from some radio
D#
In the murmuring of the city in the distance
F
Ominous and low
A# Gm
I hear the sound of a world where we played
D# F
And the far too simple beauty of the promises we made
Gm D#
If you ever need holding
A# F
Call my name, I'll be there
Gm D#
If you ever need holding
A# F
And no holding back, I'll see you through
A# Gm
Sky blue and black
D# F
//music w/o lyrics//
Repeat intro
A#
Where the touch of the lover ends
Gm
And the soul of the friend begins
D#
There's a need to be separate and a need to be one
F
And a struggle neither wins
A#
Where you gave me the world I was in
Gm
And a place I could make a stand
D#
I could never see how you doubted me
F
When I'd let go of your hand
A# Gm
Yeah, and I was much younger then
D#
And I must have thought that I would know
F
If things were going to end
Gm D#
And the heavens were rolling
A# F
Like a wheel on a track
Gm D#
And our sky was unfolding
A# F
And it'll never fold back
A# Gm
Sky blue and black
D# F
//music w/o lyrics//
Repeat intro
Gm A# D# F
I'd have fought the world for you
Gm A# D# F
If I thought that you wanted me to
Gm A# D# F
Or put aside what was true or untrue
A# F
If I'd known that's what you needed, what you needed me to do me to do
A# Gm
But the moment has passed by me now
D#
To have put away my pride
F
And just come through for you somehow
Gm D#
If you ever need holding
A# F
Call my name, I'll be there
Gm D#
If you ever need holding
A# F
And no holding back, I'll see you through
A#
You're the colour of the sky
Gm
Reflected in each store-front window pane
D#
You're the whispering and the sighing
F
Of my tires in the rain
A# Gm
You're the hidden cost and the thing that's lost in everything I do
D# F A#
Yeah and I'll never stop looking for you
Gm
//music w/o lyrics//
D#
In the sunlight and the shadows
F
And the faces on the avenue
A# Gm D#
That's the way love is
F
That's the way love is
A# Gm D#
That's the way love is
F A#
Sky blue and black
