Intro
F D# Dm Dm Dm
[Verse]
Dm G Gsus4 G Gsus2 G
Finding fossils on the hillside
Dm G Gsus4 G Gsus2 G
While the sun strikes him down to his knees
A#/F F D# Dm Dm
Where his great grandfather’s sweat Swallowed up left for dust
[Verse]
Dm G Gsus4 G Gsus2 G
Just to escape push the pain to right
Dm G Gsus4 G Gsus2 G
Sketches a wave in the soil
A#/F F D#
One drop on his dry, dry lips
F C A#/F A#/F
Before he goes inflamed and insane
[Chorus]
F C Gm A#/F
Dreams about swimming, Miles away from the sea
F C Gm A#/F
Dreams about swimming, And the moon brings him back
F C Gm A#/F
Dreams about swimming, Miles away from the sea
F D# Dm Dm
While the moon stems the tide in his heart
[Verse]
Dm G Gsus4 G Gsus2 G
Cast iron and recall
Dm G Gsus4 G Gsus2 G
The ore pouring deep in the vein
A# A# F D#
As the years of searing heat, ‘till all is just salt
Dm C A#/F A#/F
That is left in the bed where he sleeps
[Chorus]
F C Gm A#/F
Dreams about swimming, Miles away from the sea
F C Gm A#/F
Dreams about swimming, Though he’s miles from the sea
F C Gm A#/F
Dreams about falling, From the sky through the sea
F C Gm A#/F
Dreams about drowning, While the moon looks away
[Bridge]
C Gm Gm/A# C Gm
History unheard, silent like the waves
A# F C A#
G graveyard for the giants, that was his eye, dry is his heart
[Chorus]
F C Gm A#/F
Dreams about swimming, Miles away from the sea
F C Gm A#/F
Dreams about swimming, Though he’s miles from the sea
F C Gm A#/F
Dreams about falling, From the sky through the sea
F D# Dm C A#
While the moon lays out a bed, Of bones to call home
[Outro]
Em