Key: G
G
Am
Em
C
G
Am
Em
through the hem of evening
G
Am
Em
into the flesh of the night
G
Am
Em
you step out to receive them
C
in the bruising light
G
Am
Em
you leave your bed of novels
G
Am
Em
you leave your hovering crown
G
Am
Em
you leave your wit and your mettle
C
and you come down
D
C
Em
D
but it's only a minute then
C
Em
D
til the hole in the canvas spreads
C
Em
G
Am
Em
and it grows til there's nothing left
G
Am
Em
C
G
Am
Em
so if you even remember
G
Am
Em
me after all that will come
G
Am
Em
think of all i intended
C
not what i've done
G
Am
Em
see me like an arrow
G
Am
Em
still upon the bow
G
Am
Em
set to the heart of the target
C
hanging bright above
D
C
Em
D
but it's only a minute then
C
Em
D
til the shot is released and sent
C
Em
G
Am
Em
and lost to the shifting wind
G
Am
D
(key change!)
D
G
Bm
A
oh they don't know you, not like i do, not like us, harriet
D
G
Bm
A
but they would love you, just like i do, if they could, harriet
D
G
Bm
A
cause what you are, and what you want, are so far apart, and they're travelling on
D
G
Bm
A
oh what you are is staggering drunk, but i'll pick you up and i'll carry you off
(key change!)
E
A
C#m
B
oh they don't know you, not like i know you, not like us, harriet
E
A
C#m
B
but they would love you, just like i love you, if they could, harriet
E
A
C#m
B
E