Verse
C#
I sang the song slowly
G#6 C#
As she stood in the shadows
F#
She stepped to the light
G#6 C#
As my silver strings spun
C# G#
She called with her eyes
F# C#
To the tune I’s a-playing
C# C#sus4
But the song it was long
G#6 C# C#sus4 C#sus2
And I’d only begun
[Verse 2]
C#
Through a bullet of light
G#6 C#
Her face was reflecting
F#
The fast fading words
G#6 C#
That rolled from my tongue
C# G#
With a long-distance look
F# C#
Her eyes was on fire
C# C#sus4
But the song it was long
G#6 C# C#sus4 C#sus2
And there was more to be sung
[Verse 3]
C#
My eyes danced a circle
G#6 C#
Across her clear outline
F#
With her head tilted sideways
G#6 C#
She called me again
C# G#
As the tune drifted out
F# C#
She breathed hard through the echo
C# C#sus4
But the song it was long
G#6 C# C#sus4 C#sus2
And it was far to the end
[Verse 4]
C#
I glanced at my guitar
G#6 C#
And played it pretending
F#
That of all the eyes out there
G#6 C#
I could see none
C# G#
As her thoughts pounded hard
F# C#
Like the pierce of an arrow
C# C#sus4
But the song it was long
G#6 C# C#sus4 C#sus2
And it had to get done
[Verse 5]
C#
As the tune finally folded
G#6 C#
I laid down the guitar
F#
Then looked for the girl
G#6 C#
Who’d stayed for so long
C# G#
But her shadow was missing
F# C#
For all of my searching
C# C#sus4
So I picked up my guitar
G#6 C# C#sus4 C#sus2
And began the next song