Verse
F
I sang the song slowly
C6 F
As she stood in the shadows
A#
She stepped to the light
C6 F
As my silver strings spun
F C
She called with her eyes
A# F
To the tune I’s a-playing
F Fsus4
But the song it was long
C6 F Fsus4 Fsus2
And I’d only begun
[Verse 2]
F
Through a bullet of light
C6 F
Her face was reflecting
A#
The fast fading words
C6 F
That rolled from my tongue
F C
With a long-distance look
A# F
Her eyes was on fire
F Fsus4
But the song it was long
C6 F Fsus4 Fsus2
And there was more to be sung
[Verse 3]
F
My eyes danced a circle
C6 F
Across her clear outline
A#
With her head tilted sideways
C6 F
She called me again
F C
As the tune drifted out
A# F
She breathed hard through the echo
F Fsus4
But the song it was long
C6 F Fsus4 Fsus2
And it was far to the end
[Verse 4]
F
I glanced at my guitar
C6 F
And played it pretending
A#
That of all the eyes out there
C6 F
I could see none
F C
As her thoughts pounded hard
A# F
Like the pierce of an arrow
F Fsus4
But the song it was long
C6 F Fsus4 Fsus2
And it had to get done
[Verse 5]
F
As the tune finally folded
C6 F
I laid down the guitar
A#
Then looked for the girl
C6 F
Who’d stayed for so long
F C
But her shadow was missing
A# F
For all of my searching
F Fsus4
So I picked up my guitar
C6 F Fsus4 Fsus2
And began the next song