Intro
E D C#m C#m C#m
[Verse]
C#m F# F#sus4 F# F#sus2 F#
Finding fossils on the hillside
C#m F# F#sus4 F# F#sus2 F#
While the sun strikes him down to his knees
A/E E D C#m C#m
Where his great grandfather’s sweat Swallowed up left for dust
[Verse]
C#m F# F#sus4 F# F#sus2 F#
Just to escape push the pain to right
C#m F# F#sus4 F# F#sus2 F#
Sketches a wave in the soil
A/E E D
One drop on his dry, dry lips
E B A/E A/E
Before he goes inflamed and insane
[Chorus]
E B F#m A/E
Dreams about swimming, Miles away from the sea
E B F#m A/E
Dreams about swimming, And the moon brings him back
E B F#m A/E
Dreams about swimming, Miles away from the sea
E D C#m C#m
While the moon stems the tide in his heart
[Verse]
C#m F# F#sus4 F# F#sus2 F#
Cast iron and recall
C#m F# F#sus4 F# F#sus2 F#
The ore pouring deep in the vein
A A E D
As the years of searing heat, ‘till all is just salt
C#m B A/E A/E
That is left in the bed where he sleeps
[Chorus]
E B F#m A/E
Dreams about swimming, Miles away from the sea
E B F#m A/E
Dreams about swimming, Though he’s miles from the sea
E B F#m A/E
Dreams about falling, From the sky through the sea
E B F#m A/E
Dreams about drowning, While the moon looks away
[Bridge]
B F#m F#m/A B F#m
History unheard, silent like the waves
A E B A
F# graveyard for the giants, that was his eye, dry is his heart
[Chorus]
E B F#m A/E
Dreams about swimming, Miles away from the sea
E B F#m A/E
Dreams about swimming, Though he’s miles from the sea
E B F#m A/E
Dreams about falling, From the sky through the sea
E D C#m B A
While the moon lays out a bed, Of bones to call home
[Outro]
Em