Tom: Am
D A
I have crushed the cup of youth
Bm G
like a rose between my fingers but it's
D Bm G A
nectar never warmed my weary heart
Bm Fm
I have watched life disappear
G Gm
like the creepin' mists of mornin' for these
D A C G
ropes that tie me down will never part
D A
For I have never known a feelin'
Bm G
such as this wash over me
D A
I would climb the purple mountains
E Bm
I would swim the wine dark sea
D A
Oh my back is weak and my brain is dull
Bm G
from the toil of many years
D Bm Em A
workin' just to justify my fear
Bm Fm
but all my feelin's come and go
G Gm
while inside somethin' grows
D A
got to make it, try to fake it
C G
through my lonely, lonely years
D A
Until I've once again this feelin'
Bm G
that just washed over me
D A
I would climb the purple mountains
E Bm
I would swim the wine dark sea
[Bridge]
G A Bm
Oh oh I had it right there,in my hand
G A
how to get you to change, your lonely waste
Bm
to a greener land but I got the
G A
typical, ambivalence
Bm G
of blissful mankind I let it go
C
just didn't know
D A
And now my story's done
Bm G
do not feel symphathy
D Bm G A
there is little of my body left to save
Bm Fm
keep on searchin' till you find
G Gm
that which prays upon your mind or you'll
D A C G
find cold comfort in your grave
D A
'til I've once again this feelin'
Bm G
that just washed over me
D A
I would climb the purple mountains
E Bm
I would swim the wine dark sea
D A
Oh I have never known a feelin'
Bm G
such as this wash over me
D A
I would climb the purple mountains
E Bm
I would swim the wine dark sea
