Intro
D# C# Cm Cm Cm
[Verse]
Cm F Fsus4 F Fsus2 F
Finding fossils on the hillside
Cm F Fsus4 F Fsus2 F
While the sun strikes him down to his knees
G#/D# D# C# Cm Cm
Where his great grandfather’s sweat Swallowed up left for dust
[Verse]
Cm F Fsus4 F Fsus2 F
Just to escape push the pain to right
Cm F Fsus4 F Fsus2 F
Sketches a wave in the soil
G#/D# D# C#
One drop on his dry, dry lips
D# A# G#/D# G#/D#
Before he goes inflamed and insane
[Chorus]
D# A# Fm G#/D#
Dreams about swimming, Miles away from the sea
D# A# Fm G#/D#
Dreams about swimming, And the moon brings him back
D# A# Fm G#/D#
Dreams about swimming, Miles away from the sea
D# C# Cm Cm
While the moon stems the tide in his heart
[Verse]
Cm F Fsus4 F Fsus2 F
Cast iron and recall
Cm F Fsus4 F Fsus2 F
The ore pouring deep in the vein
G# G# D# C#
As the years of searing heat, ‘till all is just salt
Cm A# G#/D# G#/D#
That is left in the bed where he sleeps
[Chorus]
D# A# Fm G#/D#
Dreams about swimming, Miles away from the sea
D# A# Fm G#/D#
Dreams about swimming, Though he’s miles from the sea
D# A# Fm G#/D#
Dreams about falling, From the sky through the sea
D# A# Fm G#/D#
Dreams about drowning, While the moon looks away
[Bridge]
A# Fm Fm/G# A# Fm
History unheard, silent like the waves
G# D# A# G#
F graveyard for the giants, that was his eye, dry is his heart
[Chorus]
D# A# Fm G#/D#
Dreams about swimming, Miles away from the sea
D# A# Fm G#/D#
Dreams about swimming, Though he’s miles from the sea
D# A# Fm G#/D#
Dreams about falling, From the sky through the sea
D# C# Cm A# G#
While the moon lays out a bed, Of bones to call home
[Outro]
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