Note:
Throughout the song the following two chords are played:
Am G
Except in the last lines of the last chorus:
F G
[Intro]
Am G x4
[Verse]
Am G
When you were boy you stuck your thumb inside the light
Am G
inside the light morning bottle warm
Am G
Holy compass ready you would run into the wild
Am G
into the wild, gathered in its arms
Am G Am G
in its arms
Am G Am G
in its arms
[Verse]
When you're in the city you're a tangled native tongue
another tongue eating fear for free
Know the wild that wants you, know you're not another pillow
on a gun drifting off to sleep
and come home
and come home
[Chorus]
Am G Am G
Feel your own bones say "heal yourself ... yourself"
Am G Am G
Hear your own heart moan "love yourself ... yourself"
[Verse]
When you were a girl salt was beading down your back
and all the braids were tangled in your hair
Candy for your lips and for your love all you were given
was a bruise falling down the stairs
[Verse]
When you're in the city and its talking to itself
to itself stealing what you sing
Know the wild that wants you when the sun is underground
and park police are laughing off your leaves
[Chorus]
Am G Am G
Feel your own bones say "heal yourself ... yourself"
Am G Am G
Hear your own heart moan "love yourself ... yourself
F G
and come home
F G
and come home
F G
and come home
F G
and come home"
[Outro]
Am G x4
Am
