Estuary Bed Chords by The Triffids

_ _ _ [A] The children are walking _ back [E] from the _ beach.
_ _ _ _ [A] The sun on the sidewalk is burning [E] them _ _ deep.
_ _ _ [D] Watching the soul [A] talk in the shower.
[D] Facing all the ages, [A] twisting away [E] the hours and hours and hours. _ _ _ _
[A] They say come on, come over, your father's [E] back there. _ _ _ _
[A] For the very last time, don't take a shortcut _ [E] across this lawn. _ _ _ _
[D] They lie together [A] on the dust and repair.
[E] Let them whisper, let them walk.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
Sleep this [E] evening, _ [A] _ _ _
[E] sleep no more. _ _ _ _ _
S-T-E-A [A]-N, _ _ sleep no [E] more.
_ [A] _ _ _
Sleep this [E] _ evening, [A] _ _ _
sleep no [E] more.
_ S-T-E-A-N, sleep _ _ [A] _ _ _
[E] no more.
S-T [A]-E-A-N, sleep [E] no more.
Sleep this _ [A] evening, _ _
[E] _ sleep _ _ no more.
Sleep this _ _ _ [A] evening, sleep no more. _
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [A] I _ _ see [E] you still, _ [A] _ I know [E] not _ rest.
[A] _ _ _
[E] Silk returns _ [A] _ along the _
[E] _ passageway.
_ [A] _ I hear your [E] voice, that is the [A] song.
I bear the [E] scream, it won't wash out.
I hold you [E] now, but I see you [A] still.
What use are [E] sight if it should fail?
[A] What use [E] memory coming in a mystery [A] cell? _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] I know your [A] shape, _ _ [D] _ our limbs [A] entwined.
_ _ [D] I know your [A] name, remember [E] mine, remember mine, remember [A] _ mine. _
[E] Come on, _ [A] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
come [E] _ on, S-T-E-A-N, S-T-E _ [A] _ _ _
[E]-A-N, oh _ [A] _ _ _ _
[E] yeah.
_ _ [A] _ _ Sleep [E] no more, _ _ S-T-E-A-N, S-T-E-A-N, S [A]-T-E-A-N.
_ Sleep no [E] more on the S-T-E-A [A]-N.
_ Sleep [E] no more on the old Ski [A]-Ship.
On [E] the old Ski [A]-Ship, on [E] the old Ski [A]-Ship.
On [E] the old, _ [A] _ _ _ on [E] the old, on _ [A] _ the _
[E] old, _ _ [A] _ _ on [E] the _ old.
[A] _ _ As [E] I know not [A] rest, I know I [B] see you still.
Sleep [E] no more on the S-T [A]-E-A-N, on [E] the old Ski [A]-Ship.
_ Sleep [E] no more, S-T [A] _ _ -E-A-N, [E] _ S-T-E-A-N, [A] _ _ _ _
[E] _ S-T-E-A-N.
Sleep [A] is dead, sleep [B] is dead, sleep is dead, _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ sleep [B] _ _ _ [A] is dead.
On [E] the old Ski _ [A] _ -Ship, on [B] the old Ski _ -Ship.
On the old, [E] _ _ _ _ on the [B] old, on the old. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _