Key: F
Introduction:
F C
I'm a fishing girl, just a lonely girl
F C
The town in which I live is breaking water
F C
I told my mother, my violent brother
F G
All they give to me is reason to leave
F C
Imagine my surprise, a pair of ancient eyes
F C
Set into a face as old as land
Dm Am
He stands in front of me, he came out of the sea
F G
He says it hurts his skin to touch the sand
F C
He crawls back into the sea, the air is salty and sweet
F C
A backward glance by way of invitation
Dm Am
I'm in now up to my knees, the air is salty and sweet
F C G
I'll leave my dress by way of explanation
F C
My man don't care for clothes, the things he does not own
F C
They never trouble him, never give him grief
Dm Am
cause he's as soft as silk, as pure as baby milk
F G
And harder than earth that he so scorns
F C
He crawls back into the sea, the air is salty and sweet
F C
A backward glance by way of invitation
Dm Am
I'm in now up to my knees, the air is salty and sweet
F C G
I'll leave my dress by way of explanation