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