xA B
So hesitation pulled me back
A
I'm stronger when I don't attract
B
In your eyes I'm a lamb without a rack
A
And I am getting confused
B A
I'm a cactus trying to be a canoe
As you pan for ore
B
In the desert, floored
I say to you
F# G#m
That I could never imagine a place so beautiful
F# B
I could never steal your gold away.
E C#m
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
E C#
(I try to walk like a big wham bam
I came across like a battering ram
E C#
I try to float like a telegram sam
I'm trying to divine you
F# E B
F#
My book is called "The Ascent Of Man"
G#m
I marked your chapter with a catamaran
The accent's off
F# B
But I am what I am
E C#
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
E C#m
(I try to walk like a big wham bam
I came across like a battering ram
E C#
I try to float like a telegram sam
I'm trying to divine you.)
F#
B A D G F# E
B F#
I looked for you, it's my last grandstand
G#m
A motorscootered goat legged pan
F# B
Figure eighting in quicksand
E C#m
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
E C#m
(I try to walk like a big wham bam
I try to float like a telegram sam
E C#m
I came across like a battering ram
I'm trying to divine you.)
E C#m
(I try to walk like a big wham bam
I try to float like a telegram sam
E C#m
I came across like a battering ram
I'm trying to divine you.)
A B
So hesitation pulled me back
A
I'm so in love I don't attract
B A
And with my hands tied I won't crack
B
('Cause in my mind I called you back.)
A B
