Verse
A#
I sang the song slowly
F6 A#
As she stood in the shadows
D#
She stepped to the light
F6 A#
As my silver strings spun
A# F
She called with her eyes
D# A#
To the tune I’s a-playing
A# A#sus4
But the song it was long
F6 A# A#sus4 A#sus2
And I’d only begun
[Verse 2]
A#
Through a bullet of light
F6 A#
Her face was reflecting
D#
The fast fading words
F6 A#
That rolled from my tongue
A# F
With a long-distance look
D# A#
Her eyes was on fire
A# A#sus4
But the song it was long
F6 A# A#sus4 A#sus2
And there was more to be sung
[Verse 3]
A#
My eyes danced a circle
F6 A#
Across her clear outline
D#
With her head tilted sideways
F6 A#
She called me again
A# F
As the tune drifted out
D# A#
She breathed hard through the echo
A# A#sus4
But the song it was long
F6 A# A#sus4 A#sus2
And it was far to the end
[Verse 4]
A#
I glanced at my guitar
F6 A#
And played it pretending
D#
That of all the eyes out there
F6 A#
I could see none
A# F
As her thoughts pounded hard
D# A#
Like the pierce of an arrow
A# A#sus4
But the song it was long
F6 A# A#sus4 A#sus2
And it had to get done
[Verse 5]
A#
As the tune finally folded
F6 A#
I laid down the guitar
D#
Then looked for the girl
F6 A#
Who’d stayed for so long
A# F
But her shadow was missing
D# A#
For all of my searching
A# A#sus4
So I picked up my guitar
F6 A# A#sus4 A#sus2
And began the next song