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