Tom: C C F C F [Verse] C F G You'll find me sitting at this table C F G with my friend Fin and my friend John Am Em F My friend Murdaney tells us stories C G of things long gone lone gone C F G And we may take a glass together C F G the whisky makes it all so clear Am Em F It fires our dulled imaginations C G and I feel so near so near [Chorus] C F I feel so near to the howling of the wind C F Feel so near to the crashing of the waves C Am F Feel so near to the flowers in the field C F C F Feel so near [Verse] C F G The old man looks out to the island C F G he says this place is endless thin Am Em F There's no real distance here to mention C G we might all fall in all fall in C F G No distance to the spirits of the living C F G no distance to the spirits of the dead Am Em F And as he turned his eyes were shining C G and he proudly said proudly said [Chorus] C F I feel so near to the howling of the wind C F Feel so near to the crashing of the waves C Am F Feel so near to the flowers in the field C F C F Feel so near [Verse] C F G So we build our tower constructions C F G there to mark our place in time Am Em F We justify our great destructions C G as on we climb on we climb C F G Now the journey doesn't seem to matter C F G the destination's faded out Am Em F And gathering out along the headland C G I hear the children shout children shout [Chorus] C F I feel so near to the howling of the wind C F Feel so near to the crashing of the waves C Am F Feel so near to the flowers in the field C F C F Feel so near