Miles From The Sea chords by Calexico

Intro: G F Em Em Em

Verse
Em            A    Asus4 A Asus2 A
  Finding fossils on the hillside
     Em             A    Asus4 A Asus2 A
While the sun strikes him down to his knees
     C/G         G        F      Em  Em
Where his great grandfather?s sweat Swallowed up left for dust

Verse
Em             A    Asus4 A Asus2 A
  Just to escape push the pain to right
Em             A    Asus4 A Asus2 A
  Sketches a wave in the soil
  C/G     G    F
One drop on his dry, dry lips
     G   D      C/G  C/G
Before he goes inflamed and insane


       G    D     Am      C/G
Dreams about swimming,  Miles away from the sea
       G    D     Am       C/G
Dreams about swimming,  And the moon brings him back
       G    D     Am      C/G
Dreams about swimming,  Miles away from the sea
     G       F      Em  Em
While the moon stems the tide in his heart

Verse
Em         A    Asus4 A Asus2 A
  Cast iron and recall
  Em           A    Asus4 A Asus2 A
The ore pouring deep in the vein
    C    C    G            F
As the years of searing heat, ?till all is just salt
    Em     D      C/G  C/G
That is left in the bed where he sleeps


       G    D     Am      C/G
Dreams about swimming,  Miles away from the sea
       G    D       Am       C/G
Dreams about swimming,  Though he?s miles from the sea
    G    D        Am       C/G
Dreams about falling,  From the sky through the sea
       G    D      Am     C/G
Dreams about drowning, While the moon looks away

Bridge
D      Am  Am/C D        Am
 History unheard,   silent like the waves
 C         G          D        C
A graveyard for the giants, that was his eye, dry is his heart


       G    D     Am      C/G
Dreams about swimming,  Miles away from the sea
       G    D       Am       C/G
Dreams about swimming,  Though he?s miles from the sea
    G    D        Am       C/G
Dreams about falling,  From the sky through the sea
     G     F   Em   D       C
While the moon lays out a bed, Of bones to call home

Outro: Em