Intro
A G F#m F#m F#m
[Verse]
F#m B Bsus4 B Bsus2 B
Finding fossils on the hillside
F#m B Bsus4 B Bsus2 B
While the sun strikes him down to his knees
D/A A G F#m F#m
Where his great grandfather’s sweat Swallowed up left for dust
[Verse]
F#m B Bsus4 B Bsus2 B
Just to escape push the pain to right
F#m B Bsus4 B Bsus2 B
Sketches a wave in the soil
D/A A G
One drop on his dry, dry lips
A E D/A D/A
Before he goes inflamed and insane
[Chorus]
A E Bm D/A
Dreams about swimming, Miles away from the sea
A E Bm D/A
Dreams about swimming, And the moon brings him back
A E Bm D/A
Dreams about swimming, Miles away from the sea
A G F#m F#m
While the moon stems the tide in his heart
[Verse]
F#m B Bsus4 B Bsus2 B
Cast iron and recall
F#m B Bsus4 B Bsus2 B
The ore pouring deep in the vein
D D A G
As the years of searing heat, ‘till all is just salt
F#m E D/A D/A
That is left in the bed where he sleeps
[Chorus]
A E Bm D/A
Dreams about swimming, Miles away from the sea
A E Bm D/A
Dreams about swimming, Though he’s miles from the sea
A E Bm D/A
Dreams about falling, From the sky through the sea
A E Bm D/A
Dreams about drowning, While the moon looks away
[Bridge]
E Bm Bm/D E Bm
History unheard, silent like the waves
D A E D
B graveyard for the giants, that was his eye, dry is his heart
[Chorus]
A E Bm D/A
Dreams about swimming, Miles away from the sea
A E Bm D/A
Dreams about swimming, Though he’s miles from the sea
A E Bm D/A
Dreams about falling, From the sky through the sea
A G F#m E D
While the moon lays out a bed, Of bones to call home
[Outro]
Em