Verse
E
I sang the song slowly
B6 E
As she stood in the shadows
A
She stepped to the light
B6 E
As my silver strings spun
E B
She called with her eyes
A E
To the tune I’s a-playing
E Esus4
But the song it was long
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And I’d only begun
[Verse 2]
E
Through a bullet of light
B6 E
Her face was reflecting
A
The fast fading words
B6 E
That rolled from my tongue
E B
With a long-distance look
A E
Her eyes was on fire
E Esus4
But the song it was long
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And there was more to be sung
[Verse 3]
E
My eyes danced a circle
B6 E
Across her clear outline
A
With her head tilted sideways
B6 E
She called me again
E B
As the tune drifted out
A E
She breathed hard through the echo
E Esus4
But the song it was long
B6 E Esus4 Esus2
And it was far to the end
[Verse 4]
E
I glanced at my guitar
B6 E
And played it pretending
A
That of all the eyes out there
B6 E
I could see none
E B
As her thoughts pounded hard
A E
Like the pierce of an arrow
E Esus4
But the song it was long
B6 E Esus4 Esus2
And it had to get done
[Verse 5]
E
As the tune finally folded
B6 E
I laid down the guitar
A
Then looked for the girl
B6 E
Who’d stayed for so long
E B
But her shadow was missing
A E
For all of my searching
E Esus4
So I picked up my guitar
B6 E Esus4 Esus2
And began the next song