Tom: G
G C/G G
Now the birds have flown away, running South to race decay
C G D
Did their mother's know the way back home?
Em G C G
Or did they, like the hearts of man, here the whispers of better lands?
C D Em D Em C Em
In the song the wind still sings to those who brave the sea, to those who brave the sea
[Verse]
Em G C G
And to all who search the deep for the gold the ocean keeps
C Em D
Calls a tune that rises with the tide
Em G C G
Autumn soul have your leaves turned gold? Have your birds and their mother's flown?
C D Em D Em C Em C
Did the harvest sell her heart to take your numbered days? The earth and I have aged
D
She takes...
[Verse]
Em G C G
Now the crows dig in their feet. Making paths for all to see
C Em D
Where the years took tears of joy and grief
Em G C G
Oh my soul, I can see you've grown, by the hands that your mother holds
C D Em D Em C Em D
By the way she wears my scars I know we've both decayed. My soul and her old age.
D
I know...
[Verse]
C G D Em
I've seen years pass, and springtime fade and whither
C G D Em
I've seen steps slow, as time catches the sprinter in us all
C G D Em
Oh, Oh as time catches the sprinter in us all
C G D Em
Oh, Oh as time catches the sprinter in us all
C G D Em
Oh, Oh as time catches the sprinter in us all
C G D Em
Frail faith is steady from the seasons
C G D Em
And if death waits, each day is one more reason
C
to thank God
