Tom: G
G D G D G D Em
[VERSE 1]
C G D
It was a fa-tal blow
C G Em
Just to hear the bell
G D C C/B Am
The crowd was up the side of the bluff
D
And the mountain fell
C G D
Then a one-way ride
C G Em
Through the graveyard gates
G D C C/B Am
The prettiest song you're never gonna hear
D
Until it's too late
[CHORUS]
C
Nearer my God,
G
Nearer my God,
C
Nearer my God,
Em
she came to me
C
Said it don't matter
G G/F# Em Am
how the story's told
D Em
About these growing souls
[INTERLUDE]
C G D Em C G D
[VERSE 2]
C G D
I broke through eternal skies
C G Em
To the Caribbean Sea
G D C C/B Am
Busted his flaps at the foot of hope and roam
D
The halfway tree
C G D
Where the endless song
C G Em
is carried out on the wind
G D C C/B Am
Deep in the night, the terror and the toll
D
She came in
[CHORUS]
C
Nearer my God,
G
Nearer my God,
C
Nearer my God,
Em
it came to me
C
Said it don't matter
G G/F# Em Am
how the story's told
D Em
About these growing souls
