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