Tom: G
Intro:
G Bm Dm C C G D D
G Bm* Dm C C G D G G
G Bm
don't move an inch
Dm C
listen for a singing
C G D D
hitting in your bones like they were forts
G Bm
if you hear what I hear
Dm C
don't just sit there
C G
we are only strumming water
D C C*
on this most unlikely court
G Bm
you got blown shore to shore
Dm C
not quite sailing
C G D D
riding on the trade-winds of age
G Bm*
things blow in
Em C
don't just cast them
G D G G
say it now, what you want to stay
Interlude:
G Bm Em Em C C*
G Bm
I was once on a long boat
Dm C
star mapping the night roots
C G
lightening the load
D D
just in case
G Bm Em C
but things float in to be taken
G D G G
if you don't know by now what will stay
G*(strum once)
so don't move an inch
Em(strum once)
don't move a single second
C C* D D
until the shade behind your thoughts is not confused
G*(strum once)
cause I felt your itch
Em(strum once)
I know the scent as well as any
C
clotting your garden
C*
of paints or pollen
D
brick in your mortar
D
petals to soak in
C
on the cracks
C*
thicker or finer
D
milk in your water
D
black in your primer
C
wood in your brush
C*
now I am your cloth
D
whatever you want
D
the best is upon us
C C*
it's a finicky muse
D D
with only potential
Outro:
G Bm*
to choose
G Bm*
to choose
G Bm* G Bm*
