Tom: B
Introdução:
Bb Gm C Bb
he's hearing stories, peculiar stories
Gm C
and it's making him feel strange.
Bb Gm C
and he's feeling lonely and tearful and uncertain
Bb Gm C
and he's half afraid to feel that love again.
F
but he's hearing stories
Bb Gm C Bb
and he's hearing laughter, unending laughter
Gm C
and it's making him feel sad,
Bb Gm C
and he's feeling cold and indifferent and old now
Bb Gm C
and he's half afraid to feel that love again.
Dm C
and he's hearing stories and laughter
Gm
and happy ever after
Dm
and he knows there's many rooms
F
in his father's house
C
but he's spoilt by choice
F
and he's hearing stories and laughter.
Bb Gm C Bb
and he's lived for ten years, ten full years
Gm C
in that freedom house on the hill
Bb
and his room feels dark now
Gm C
and dusty and forgotten
Bb Gm C
and he's half afraid to feel that love again
Bb F C
but still he's listening, and waiting
Bb F C
and watching from behind the frosted pane
Bb
and he's strangely warm now,
F C
and peaceful and contented
Bb Dm C
and he's devoted if not the same
F
and he's hearing stories and laughter.