Intro
E
[Verse 1]
Bm7 AM7 Am9 E7b9 D
Love in a song, the only thing they said I could rely on;
Fm G9 C Eb Eb/Db
To lay my bones down, lay down boy you're home again
Cm Cm/A# Cm/A Cm/G F D D/C
The lamp, the locket, candle and the pen
A#m7 AbM7 Abm9 Eb7b9 Db
Love in a song, I've written it before it won't take very long;
Em F#9 B D D/C
The nib will dig a hole and beckon forth once more
Bm Bm/A Bm/G# Bm/F# E
To wrap me in its warm and bolt the door
[Recorder solo]
A
F#m B B/A
G#m C#m C#m/B
A A/G# F#m B
E
F#m B B/A
G#m C#m C#m/B
[Verse 2]
A F#m7 EM7
Someone's singing to you, in a song
Em9 B7b9 A
D mantra often told, a cross to lay upon;
Cm D9 G A# A#/Ab
The strings that tie me softly pry my hands from you
Gm Gm/F Gm/E Gm/D C A A/G
To steal away before the night is through
Fm7 EbM7 Ebm9 B7b9 Ab
Love in a song, I stand among the crowd prepared to sing along;
Cbm Ab7b9 Gb Gbdim7 Db
The dusty air congeals, a lump that seals my truth
Dbdim7 Cb Db Gb F# F#/E
But I won't hear it anymore
[Outro]
DM7 D6 C#m F#m F#m/E
Beyond the steeple, she waits for me
Dm7 G9 C C C/A#
In her robes, like a ghost;
AbM7 Ab6 Gm Cm C/A#
In awful silence, she screams to me
Fm A#
It must be love
EbM7 Dm7 DbM7 Cm7
CbM7 A#m7 AM7 G#m7
BM7 EM7
BM7 EM7
BM7 EM7
F#M7