Verse
B
I sang the song slowly
F#6 B
As she stood in the shadows
E
She stepped to the light
F#6 B
As my silver strings spun
B F#
She called with her eyes
E B
To the tune I’s a-playing
B Bsus4
But the song it was long
F#6 B Bsus4 Bsus2
And I’d only begun
[Verse 2]
B
Through a bullet of light
F#6 B
Her face was reflecting
E
The fast fading words
F#6 B
That rolled from my tongue
B F#
With a long-distance look
E B
Her eyes was on fire
B Bsus4
But the song it was long
F#6 B Bsus4 Bsus2
And there was more to be sung
[Verse 3]
B
My eyes danced a circle
F#6 B
Across her clear outline
E
With her head tilted sideways
F#6 B
She called me again
B F#
As the tune drifted out
E B
She breathed hard through the echo
B Bsus4
But the song it was long
F#6 B Bsus4 Bsus2
And it was far to the end
[Verse 4]
B
I glanced at my guitar
F#6 B
And played it pretending
E
That of all the eyes out there
F#6 B
I could see none
B F#
As her thoughts pounded hard
E B
Like the pierce of an arrow
B Bsus4
But the song it was long
F#6 B Bsus4 Bsus2
And it had to get done
[Verse 5]
B
As the tune finally folded
F#6 B
I laid down the guitar
E
Then looked for the girl
F#6 B
Who’d stayed for so long
B F#
But her shadow was missing
E B
For all of my searching
B Bsus4
So I picked up my guitar
F#6 B Bsus4 Bsus2
And began the next song