Intro
A#
[Verse 1]
Fm7 D#M7 D#m9 E7b9 G#
Love in a song, the only thing they said I could rely on;
Bm C#9 F# A A/G
To lay my bones down, lay down boy you're home again
F#m F#m/E F#m/D# F#m/C# B G# G#/F#
The lamp, the locket, candle and the pen
Em7 DM7 Dm9 Eb7b9 G
Love in a song, I've written it before it won't take very long;
A#m C9 F G# G#/F#
The nib will dig a hole and beckon forth once more
Fm Fm/D# Fm/D Fm/C A#
To wrap me in its warm and bolt the door
[Recorder solo]
D#
Cm F F/D#
Dm Gm Gm/F
D# D#/D Cm F
A#
Cm F F/D#
Dm Gm Gm/F
[Verse 2]
D# Cm7 A#M7
Someone's singing to you, in a song
A#m9 B7b9 D#
G# mantra often told, a cross to lay upon;
F#m G#9 C# E E/D
The strings that tie me softly pry my hands from you
C#m C#m/B C#m/A# C#m/G# F# D# D#/C#
To steal away before the night is through
Bm7 AM7 Am9 B7b9 D
Love in a song, I stand among the crowd prepared to sing along;
Fm Ab7b9 C Cdim7 Db
The dusty air congeals, a lump that seals my truth
Dbdim7 F G C C C/A#
But I won't hear it anymore
[Outro]
G#M7 G#6 Gm Cm Cm/A#
Beyond the steeple, she waits for me
G#m7 C#9 F# F# F#/E
In her robes, like a ghost;
DM7 D6 C#m F#m F#/E
In awful silence, she screams to me
Bm E
It must be love
AM7 G#m7 GM7 F#m7
FM7 Em7 D#M7 Dm7
FM7 A#M7
FM7 A#M7
FM7 A#M7
F#M7