Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) VERSE 1: D Bm D I'm leaving here tomorrow Bm G D For a place I don't exist Bm D A Bm Where I claim to burn my sorrow A D And my heart don't beat the heaviest VERSE 2: D G D I fold my worries over Bm G D Light 'em up under your moon Bm G D A G Now that wings sprout from their shoulders G A D So they can worry me all the way back to you
VERSE 3: D G D No, I don't mean to upset you Bm G D And my windy words are meager Bm G D A G On an island set to perish or be rescued A D I'm not espoused to either VERSE 4: D G D That day even the sun was afraid Bm G D And the weight you carried Bm G D A G So you saluted every ghost you've ever prayed to A D Then buried it where bones are buried INSTRUMENTAL: REPEAT VERSE ABOVE VERSE 5: only play low strings. D G D So as our grief falls flat and hollow Bm G D Upon a billion blooded seas Bm G D A Bm All our worst ideas are borrowed A D You do and don't belong to me
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