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Intro
D///N.C///N.C///N.C///N.C///
Verse1
N.C.
You thought the leaden winter
Would Bring you down forever,
But you rode upon a steamer
To the violence of the sun.
Link:
D///Cadd9///G//Gm///D///Cadd9///G//Gm//
Verse2
D Cadd9 G Gm
And the colours of the sea blind your eyes with trembling mermaids
D Cadd9 G Gm
And you touch the distant beaches with tales of brave Ulysses,
D Cadd9 G Gm
How his naked ears were tortured by the sirens sweetly singing,
D Cadd9 G Gm
For the sparkling waves are calling you to kiss their white-laced lips.
Link:
A7///A7//D/C//A7///A7//D/C//
Verse3
D Cadd9 G Gm
And you see a girl’s brown body dancing through the turquoise
D Cadd9 G Gm
And her footprints make you follow where the sky loves the sea,
D Cadd9 G Gm
And when your fingers find her she drowns you in her body,
D Cadd9 G Gm
Carving deep blue ripples in the tissues of your mind.
Link:
A7///A7//D/C//A7///A7//D/C//
Bridge1:
D
And tiny purlpe fishes
N.C
Run laughing through your fingers
And you want to take her with you
To the hard of winter
Link:
D//Cadd9//G//Gm//D//Cadd9//G//Gm//
Verse4
D Cadd9 G Gm
Her name is Aphrodite and she rides a crimson shell,
D Cadd9 G Gm
And you know you cannot leave her for you touched the distant sands,
D Cadd9 G Gm
With tales of brave Ulysses, how his naked ears were tortured
D Cadd9
By the sirens sweetly singing.
Solo:
D//Cadd9//G//D//Cadd9//G//Gm//
Bridge2: Same as the Bridge1
Solo:
D//Cadd9//G//Gm//D//Cadd9//G//Gm//
repeat to fade..
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