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