Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
C majorC FF A minorAm G+G
Verse:
C majorC FF
Just beyond my sight, something that I cannot see
A minorAm G+G
I've been circling round a thought that's been circling round me
C majorC FF
Like the vapour of a song that is just out of earshot
A minorAm G+G
I thought I knew the question, but I guess not
Chorus:
A minorAm FF C majorC G+G
There it is, just below the surface of things
A minorAm FF C majorC G+G
In a flash of blue and the turning of wings
A minorAm FF C majorC G+G
I drain the glass, I drink it down, every moment of this
FF A minorAm FF
Every little bit of it
Verse:
C majorC FF
I swam against the tide, I tripped on my own pride
A minorAm G+G
So I'll try again today to get out of my own way
C majorC FF
The face was always in the stone, said Michelangelo
A minorAm G+G
You just have to chip and clear to see what is already there
Chorus:
A minorAm FF C majorC G+G
There it is, just below the surface of things
A minorAm FF C majorC G+G
In a flash of blue and the turning of wings
A minorAm FF C majorC G+G
I drain the glass, I drink it down, every moment of this
FF A minorAm
Every little bit of it
Bridge:
G+G C majorC FF G+G
There it is, in the apple of every new notion
C majorC FF G+G
There it is, in the scar healed over what was broken
FF C majorC A minorAm G/BG/B FF
In the branches, in the whispering, in the silence and the sighs
A minorAm DmDm FF G+G
And the curious promise of limited time
Instrumental:
C majorC FF A minorAm G+G
Verse:
C majorC FF
It's true, although it's hard, a shadow glides over the ridge
A minorAm G+G
And one fast beating heart, tries with all its might to live
C majorC FF
And we sense but can't describe, from the corner of our eye
A minorAm G+G
Something nameless and abiding, and so we keep transcribing
Chorus:
A minorAm FF C majorC G+G
There it is, just below the surface of things
A minorAm FF C majorC G+G
In a flash of blue and the turning of wings
A minorAm FF C majorC G+G
I drain the glass, I drink it down, every moment of this
FF A minorAm
Every little bit of it
Outro:
FF A minorAm FF A minorAm FF
Every little bit
A minorAm FF A minorAm FF
Every little bit of it