Standard Tuning
G C G C
I'd like to know you as a promise kept well
G C G
A# ballast of incessant dispel
G C G C
A# stone in the water, a stillness in time
G Em Am Em
The peace that I'd left home to find ~
Am Em Am Em
To find ~ I ~
G C G C
To find ~ To find ~
G C G G C G
What must I say to keep you all day, any day?
G C G D
What must I say to change your mind
Em G
Maybe if I could turn off the tape
C G
Rub the death from my face
C G D
Head home, and forget all my songs
Em G C G
I'm changing the shape of this miserable place
C G D
Maybe then, you'd wanna solve me
G C G C
'Cause I'd like to tell you I've been dripping with sin
G C G C
Your skiff left this beach once again
G C G C
I turned from the water, not a thought in my mind
G Em Am
Of the peace that I'd left home to find
Em Am Em Am
I ~ I ~
G C G G C G
And what must I say to keep you all day, any day?
G C G D
What must I say to change your mind?
G
Maybe if I could stop
Em G C G
Turn off the tape, rub the death from my face
C G D
Head home, and forget all my songs
Em G C G
I'm changing the shape of this miserable place
C G D
And maybe then you'd wanna solve me
G C G G C G
What must I say to keep you all day, any day?
G C G D
What must I say to change your mind?
G
Maybe if I could stop
~The End~
If you're not a fan of bar chords, then you can tune a half-step down and play
the chords a half-step up. (G, C, Em, Am, etc...) I hope this helps.