Miles Off Course Chords

Intro: Gm C Eb Cm Gm C Eb C Verse: Gm C Bodies stacked like timbers Eb Foundered on the rocks C Some hundred lives lost Gm C They weren′t local sailors Eb Far away from home C Lost beneath the foam Gm They didn't know these waters Eb January cold C Flood the third hold Gm C We watched those foreign soldiers Eb Taken by the tide C A fraction made it out alive

Chorus: Eb I know it′s hard F But we must be kept apart Gm Cut off by the tide C The rocks The reef The beach The mines Eb The sharpest shards F Breached the hull, the lungs, the heart Gm From the lighthouse on the reach C To the bottom of the sea Hook: Eb F Eb Miles off course Eb F Eb F Miles off course Verse: Gm C Oh I saw those timbers Eb Piled up on the pier C Somewhere over there Gm C Seagulls cried and lingered Eb More washed up on the sand C I squeezed my father's hand Gm C He said they had it coming Eb Some people never learn Cm They got what they deserved Gm C I dreamed of wild adventures Eb Just William, Boy's Own C Cm Not these bloated bags of bones Chorus: Eb I know it′s hard F But we must be kept apart Gm Cut off by the tide C The rocks The reef The beach The mines Eb The sharpest shards F Breached the hull, the lungs, the heart Gm From the lighthouse on the reach C To the bottom of the sea Hook: Eb F Eb Miles off course Eb F Eb F Miles off course Bridge: Ebmaj7 F You can hear them singing Lili Marleen Gm F Across the sea Ebmaj7 F While the wireless plays out that exact same song C To you and me Ebmaj7 F And if I was honest with myself, I′d say Gm F It was hard to read Ebmaj7 F From the shoreline, which fields they had fought on C It wasn't clear to see Ebmaj7 F And if you go wading out off Portelet Gm F And dive down sixty feet Ebmaj7 F You will find an impermanent reminder G Decaying in the deep Hook: Eb F Eb Miles off course Eb F Eb F Miles off course X