Chords for I Miss My Sky by Heather Nova
Tempo:
63.15 bpm
Chords used:
F
C
Am
G
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C]
[F] [C] [F] I bury myself [C] in the leaves to sleep, [F] the sun so strong [C] and the rage so deep.
I keep waking to find I've been dreaming again, [F] and the sound of the [C] ocean is not a plane.
[F] [C] And far away they talk about me, in newspaper columns [E] they write about me.
[C] Around dinner tables and cocktail parties, [F] I'm a heroine [C] and a tragic figure.
[F] I'm a [C] heroine as I'm lying here [G] beneath my sky.
[Am] And sometimes, [F]
sometimes [G] I cry.
And [Am]
sometimes, [F] sometimes [G] I wonder why [Am] more rain is coming [F] down.
Why we need to touch the [Em] ground.
Why I didn't keep on heading right on up to heaven.
[Am] I miss my sky.
[F] Here from below [E] the clouds are shadows, [F] not the golden mountains [E] I used to fly through.
[F] Here from below [E] the sky is a painting in a child's [C] room with a future waiting, [G] but not for me.
[Am] And sometimes, [F]
sometimes I [G] cry.
And [Am]
sometimes, [F] sometimes [G] I wonder [Am] why more rain is coming down.
[F] Why we need to touch the ground.
[Em] Why I didn't keep on heading right on up to heaven.
[Am] I miss my sky.
I miss my sky, yeah.
[C] I look up at the birds flying overhead.
My son, it was true, but the signal's dead.
It's been 500 days of hope and sorrow.
500 nights of no tomorrow.
And the poetry and the best of me and the heart and the spirit and the sex of me
all fell into the eyes you see [F] in the tailspin with [C] the last of me and [F] my wings and [C] my song.
All that I knew is dead and gone.
I'm [F] weak and tired, but my [C] will is strong and my [G] hope lives on.
[D] My hope [G] lives.
[A]
And sometimes, [Am] [F] sometimes I [G] cry.
And [Am] sometimes, [F]
sometimes [C] I [G] wonder [Am]
why we're always coming [F] down.
Why we need to touch the [Em] ground.
Why I didn't keep on heading right on up to [Am] heaven.
Why we're always coming [F] down.
Why we need to touch the ground.
[Em]
Why I didn't keep on heading right on up to heaven.
[Am] I miss my sky.
I miss my sky, yeah.
I miss my sky.
[F] [C] [F] I bury myself [C] in the leaves to sleep, [F] the sun so strong [C] and the rage so deep.
I keep waking to find I've been dreaming again, [F] and the sound of the [C] ocean is not a plane.
[F] [C] And far away they talk about me, in newspaper columns [E] they write about me.
[C] Around dinner tables and cocktail parties, [F] I'm a heroine [C] and a tragic figure.
[F] I'm a [C] heroine as I'm lying here [G] beneath my sky.
[Am] And sometimes, [F]
sometimes [G] I cry.
And [Am]
sometimes, [F] sometimes [G] I wonder why [Am] more rain is coming [F] down.
Why we need to touch the [Em] ground.
Why I didn't keep on heading right on up to heaven.
[Am] I miss my sky.
[F] Here from below [E] the clouds are shadows, [F] not the golden mountains [E] I used to fly through.
[F] Here from below [E] the sky is a painting in a child's [C] room with a future waiting, [G] but not for me.
[Am] And sometimes, [F]
sometimes I [G] cry.
And [Am]
sometimes, [F] sometimes [G] I wonder [Am] why more rain is coming down.
[F] Why we need to touch the ground.
[Em] Why I didn't keep on heading right on up to heaven.
[Am] I miss my sky.
I miss my sky, yeah.
[C] I look up at the birds flying overhead.
My son, it was true, but the signal's dead.
It's been 500 days of hope and sorrow.
500 nights of no tomorrow.
And the poetry and the best of me and the heart and the spirit and the sex of me
all fell into the eyes you see [F] in the tailspin with [C] the last of me and [F] my wings and [C] my song.
All that I knew is dead and gone.
I'm [F] weak and tired, but my [C] will is strong and my [G] hope lives on.
[D] My hope [G] lives.
[A]
And sometimes, [Am] [F] sometimes I [G] cry.
And [Am] sometimes, [F]
sometimes [C] I [G] wonder [Am]
why we're always coming [F] down.
Why we need to touch the [Em] ground.
Why I didn't keep on heading right on up to [Am] heaven.
Why we're always coming [F] down.
Why we need to touch the ground.
[Em]
Why I didn't keep on heading right on up to heaven.
[Am] I miss my sky.
I miss my sky, yeah.
I miss my sky.
Key:
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_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ [F] I bury myself [C] in the leaves to sleep, [F] the sun so strong [C] and the rage so deep.
I keep waking to find I've been dreaming again, [F] and the sound of the [C] ocean is not a plane. _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ And far away they talk about me, in newspaper columns [E] they write about me.
[C] Around dinner tables and cocktail parties, [F] I'm a heroine [C] and a tragic figure.
[F] I'm a [C] heroine as I'm lying here [G] beneath my sky. _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] And sometimes, _ [F] _
sometimes [G] I cry.
_ And [Am] _
sometimes, _ [F] _ sometimes [G] I wonder why [Am] _ more rain is coming [F] down.
Why we need to touch the [Em] ground.
Why I didn't keep on heading right on up to heaven.
[Am] I miss my sky. _ _ _
_ _ [F] Here from below [E] the clouds are shadows, [F] not the golden mountains [E] I used to fly through.
[F] Here from below [E] the sky is a painting in a child's [C] room with a future waiting, [G] but not for me. _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ And sometimes, _ [F] _
sometimes I [G] cry.
_ And [Am] _
sometimes, _ [F] _ sometimes [G] I wonder _ _ [Am] why more rain is coming down.
[F] Why we need to touch the ground.
[Em] Why I didn't keep on heading right on up to heaven.
[Am] I miss my sky.
_ I miss my sky, yeah.
[C] I look up at the birds flying overhead.
My son, it was true, but the signal's dead.
It's been 500 days of hope and sorrow.
500 nights of no tomorrow.
And the poetry and the best of me and the heart and the spirit and the sex of me
all fell into the eyes you see [F] in the tailspin with [C] the last of me and [F] my wings and [C] my song.
All that I knew is dead and gone.
I'm [F] weak and tired, but my [C] will is strong and my [G] hope lives on. _
[D] My hope [G] lives.
_ _ _ _ [A]
And sometimes, [Am] _ _ [F] sometimes _ I [G] cry.
And _ [Am] sometimes, _ [F] _
sometimes [C] I [G] wonder _ _ [Am]
why we're always coming [F] down.
Why we need to touch the [Em] ground.
Why I didn't keep on heading right on up to [Am] heaven.
Why we're always coming [F] down.
Why we need to touch the ground.
[Em] _
Why I didn't keep on heading right on up to heaven.
[Am] I miss my sky.
_ I miss my sky, yeah.
I miss my sky. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ [F] I bury myself [C] in the leaves to sleep, [F] the sun so strong [C] and the rage so deep.
I keep waking to find I've been dreaming again, [F] and the sound of the [C] ocean is not a plane. _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ And far away they talk about me, in newspaper columns [E] they write about me.
[C] Around dinner tables and cocktail parties, [F] I'm a heroine [C] and a tragic figure.
[F] I'm a [C] heroine as I'm lying here [G] beneath my sky. _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] And sometimes, _ [F] _
sometimes [G] I cry.
_ And [Am] _
sometimes, _ [F] _ sometimes [G] I wonder why [Am] _ more rain is coming [F] down.
Why we need to touch the [Em] ground.
Why I didn't keep on heading right on up to heaven.
[Am] I miss my sky. _ _ _
_ _ [F] Here from below [E] the clouds are shadows, [F] not the golden mountains [E] I used to fly through.
[F] Here from below [E] the sky is a painting in a child's [C] room with a future waiting, [G] but not for me. _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ And sometimes, _ [F] _
sometimes I [G] cry.
_ And [Am] _
sometimes, _ [F] _ sometimes [G] I wonder _ _ [Am] why more rain is coming down.
[F] Why we need to touch the ground.
[Em] Why I didn't keep on heading right on up to heaven.
[Am] I miss my sky.
_ I miss my sky, yeah.
[C] I look up at the birds flying overhead.
My son, it was true, but the signal's dead.
It's been 500 days of hope and sorrow.
500 nights of no tomorrow.
And the poetry and the best of me and the heart and the spirit and the sex of me
all fell into the eyes you see [F] in the tailspin with [C] the last of me and [F] my wings and [C] my song.
All that I knew is dead and gone.
I'm [F] weak and tired, but my [C] will is strong and my [G] hope lives on. _
[D] My hope [G] lives.
_ _ _ _ [A]
And sometimes, [Am] _ _ [F] sometimes _ I [G] cry.
And _ [Am] sometimes, _ [F] _
sometimes [C] I [G] wonder _ _ [Am]
why we're always coming [F] down.
Why we need to touch the [Em] ground.
Why I didn't keep on heading right on up to [Am] heaven.
Why we're always coming [F] down.
Why we need to touch the ground.
[Em] _
Why I didn't keep on heading right on up to heaven.
[Am] I miss my sky.
_ I miss my sky, yeah.
I miss my sky. _ _ _ _ _ _
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