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