Standard Tuning
E A E A
I'd like to know you as a promise kept well
E A E
G ballast of incessant dispel
E A E A
G stone in the water, a stillness in time
E C#m F#m C#m
The peace that I'd left home to find ~
F#m C#m F#m C#m
To find ~ I ~
E A E A
To find ~ To find ~
E A E E A E
What must I say to keep you all day, any day?
E A E B
What must I say to change your mind
C#m E
Maybe if I could turn off the tape
A E
Rub the death from my face
A E B
Head home, and forget all my songs
C#m E A E
I'm changing the shape of this miserable place
A E B
Maybe then, you'd wanna solve me
E A E A
'Cause I'd like to tell you I've been dripping with sin
E A E A
Your skiff left this beach once again
E A E A
I turned from the water, not a thought in my mind
E C#m F#m
Of the peace that I'd left home to find
C#m F#m C#m F#m
I ~ I ~
E A E E A E
And what must I say to keep you all day, any day?
E A E B
What must I say to change your mind?
E
Maybe if I could stop
C#m E A E
Turn off the tape, rub the death from my face
A E B
Head home, and forget all my songs
C#m E A E
I'm changing the shape of this miserable place
A E B
And maybe then you'd wanna solve me
E A E E A E
What must I say to keep you all day, any day?
E A E B
What must I say to change your mind?
E
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.