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 Bm Em Bm
The peace that I'd left home to find ~
Em Bm Em Bm
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
Bm 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
Bm 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 Bm Em
Of the peace that I'd left home to find
Bm Em Bm Em
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
Bm D G D
Turn off the tape, rub the death from my face
G D A
Head home, and forget all my songs
Bm 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.