Intro
F#
[Verse 1]
C#m7 BM7 Bm9 E7b9 E
Love in a song, the only thing they said I could rely on;
Gm A9 D F F/Eb
To lay my bones down, lay down boy you're home again
Dm Dm/C Dm/B Dm/A G E E/D
The lamp, the locket, candle and the pen
Cm7 A#M7 A#m9 Eb7b9 Eb
Love in a song, I've written it before it won't take very long;
F#m G#9 C# E E/D
The nib will dig a hole and beckon forth once more
C#m C#m/B C#m/A# C#m/G# F#
To wrap me in its warm and bolt the door
[Recorder solo]
B
G#m C# C#/B
A#m D#m D#m/C#
B B/A# G#m C#
F#
G#m C# C#/B
A#m D#m D#m/C#
[Verse 2]
B G#m7 F#M7
Someone's singing to you, in a song
F#m9 B7b9 B
E mantra often told, a cross to lay upon;
Dm E9 A C C/A#
The strings that tie me softly pry my hands from you
Am Am/G Am/F# Am/E D B B/A
To steal away before the night is through
Gm7 FM7 Fm9 B7b9 A#
Love in a song, I stand among the crowd prepared to sing along;
Dbm Ab7b9 Ab Abdim7 Db
The dusty air congeals, a lump that seals my truth
Dbdim7 Db Eb Ab G# G#/F#
But I won't hear it anymore
[Outro]
EM7 E6 D#m G#m G#m/F#
Beyond the steeple, she waits for me
Em7 A9 D D D/C
In her robes, like a ghost;
A#M7 A#6 Am Dm D/C
In awful silence, she screams to me
Gm C
It must be love
FM7 Em7 EbM7 Dm7
DbM7 Cm7 BM7 A#m7
C#M7 F#M7
C#M7 F#M7
C#M7 F#M7
F#M7