[Intro] Dmaj7sus2 Dmaj7sus2 A Asus2 Dmaj7sus2 Dmaj7sus2 A Asus2 [Verse 1] Dmaj7sus2 A Asus2 There was a man who used to live by the ocean Dmaj7sus2 A Asus2 But he never set foot in the sea Dmaj7sus2 A Asus2 It made him nervous that the water was always in motion Dmaj7sus2 A Asus2 And he feared the creatures who swam beneath Dmaj7sus2 A Asus2 And when I asked him how he'd ended up there Dmaj7sus2 A Asus2 Above a world he would never know Dmaj7sus2 A Asus2 He said he'd driven all the way across America Dmaj7sus2 A And when he got to thе edge therе was nowhere left to go [Chorus 1] Asus2 Dmaj7sus2 Dmaj7sus2 A Nowhere left to go Asus2 Dmaj7sus2 Dmaj7sus2 A Nowhere left to go Asus2 Dmaj7sus2 Dmaj7sus2 A Nowhere left to go Asus2 Dmaj7sus2 Dmaj7sus2 A Asus2 Nowhere left to go [Verse 2] Dmaj7sus2 A Asus2 He said that nothing lives long, only the earth and the mountains Dmaj7sus2 A Asus2 As he quoted Black Kettle's death song Dmaj7sus2 A Asus2 The words drifting off into the emptiness Dmaj7sus2 A Asus2 Of this great land where we’ve never belonged Dmaj7sus2 A Asus2 And while the frontiers are ever-expanding Dmaj7sus2 A Asus2 Our living rooms fall into disarray Dmaj7sus2 A Asus2 And no one seems interested in fixing what they've broken Dmaj7sus2 A They just sweep the pieces into the bushes and slip away [Chorus 2] Asus2 Dmaj7sus2 Dmaj7sus2 A Slowly slip away Asus2 Dmaj7sus2 Dmaj7sus2 A Slowly slip away Asus2 Dmaj7sus2 Dmaj7sus2 A Slowly slip away Asus2 Dmaj7sus2 Dmaj7sus2 A Asus2 Slowly slip away [Instrumental] Dmaj7sus2 Dmaj7sus2 A Asus2 Dmaj7sus2 Dmaj7sus2 A Asus2 Dmaj7sus2 Dmaj7sus2 A Asus2 Dmaj7sus2 Dmaj7sus2 A Asus2 Dmaj7sus2 Dmaj7sus2 A Asus2 Dmaj7sus2 Dmaj7sus2 A Asus2 [Verse 3] Dmaj7sus2 A Asus2 And now he and I watch the foxglove grow through the clearcut Dmaj7sus2 A Asus2 Where a forest once grew high and wild Dmaj7sus2 A Asus2 For what is a funeral without flowers Dmaj7sus2 A And ten thousand tombstones reaching for the sky [Chorus 3] Asus2 Dmaj7sus2 Dmaj7sus2 A Reaching for the sky Asus2 Dmaj7sus2 Dmaj7sus2 A Reaching for the sky Asus2 Dmaj7sus2 Dmaj7sus2 A Reaching for the sky Asus2 Dmaj7sus2 Dmaj7sus2 A Asus2 Reaching for the sky [Outro] F#m F#m A A Dsus2 Dsus2 F#m F#m A A Dsus2 Dsus2 F#m F#m A A Dsus2 Dsus2 F#m F#m A A Bm Bm D D D D
There was a man who used to live by the ocean
But he never set foot in the sea
It made him nervous that the water was always in motion
And he feared the creatures who swam beneath
And when I asked him how he'd ended up there
Above a world he would never know
He said he'd driven all the way across America
And when he got to the edge there was nowhere left to go
Nowhere left to go
Nowhere left to go
Nowhere left to go
Nowhere left to go
He said that nothing lives long, only the earth and the mountains
As he quoted black kettle's death song
The words drifting off into the emptiness
Of this great land where we've never belonged
And while the frontiers are ever-expanding
Our living rooms fall into disarray
And no one seems interested in fixing what they've broken
They just sweep the pieces into the bushes and slip away
Slowly slip away
Slowly slip away
Slowly slip away
Slowly slip away
And now he and I watch the foxglove grow through the clearcut
Where a forest once grew high and wild
For what is a funeral without flowers
And ten thousand tombstones reaching for the sky
Reaching for the sky
Reaching for the sky
Reaching for the sky
Reaching for the sky
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