Shearwater

Black Eyes

Shearwater


Tom: F

Dm
Come down from the lion's back
G                Bb          C
Call down to the endless sleepers
Dm
Give life to the dimming days
G                 Bb          C
That run in an endless stream now


[Chorus]
       F                FMaj7  F FMaj7
       Bb              Bb5  Bb  Bb5
In the black of the eye
       F                FMaj7  F FMaj7
In the heat of the act
       Bb              Bb5  Bb  Bb5
Is a crack in the ice


[Verse 2]
Dm   G   Bb   C
Dm
Come down from the iron wheel
G                  Bb         C
Come back from the endless labor
Dm
Look down on the rolling waves
G                  Bb             C
That strike on the crumbling reef now


[Chorus]
       F                FMaj7  F FMaj7
       Bb              Bb5  Bb  Bb5
Is what the body becomes
       F                FMaj7  F FMaj7
In the bellow aloud
       Bb              Bb5  Bb  Bb5
In the crack of the drum
       C
But if the body dies
        Dm
What is left of the heart
Gm
Burns white


[Verse 3]
Dm
No light on the western shore
G                  Bb         C
No sign of the ships at anchor
Dm
No sound but the roaring winds
G                 Bb     C
No warmth but the life behind the


[Chorus]
       F                FMaj7  F FMaj7
eye
             Bb              Bb5  Bb  Bb5
And what the body allows
     F                 FMaj7  F FMaj7
Is a flash in the heart
          Bb              Bb5  Bb  Bb5
Until the memory dies
         C
And a forever life
      Dm
Is an infinite lie
      Bb
Hung wide
F