Chords for Tonight the Sky (Alt. Version)

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
[F#] Her _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
hair lay [C#m] back [F#] in _ ease, _ _ [B] _ [F#] soft white [C#] down.
[F#] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ Her [C#] _
hair warm _ [F#] autumn _ _ colors _ [B] flow.
_ [C#] _
_ _ [F#] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ Our [C#] _ days were [B] _ classroom _
[F#] _ poems, _ [B] _ truly [C#]
young.
_ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#] Some nights we [C#m] wrote like [F#] _ ones [B] we could not [C#] done.
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ I [C#] _ _ left her long ago [B] on summer _ _ _ chasing [C#] _
_ dreams.
_ [C#m] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ Our [C#] _ hunger and [B] _ [F#] sweet _ explosion, sweet [B] love.
_ _ [C#] _
_ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ I [C#] broke _ [B] her [F#] heart not knowing _ _ [B] _ she'd _
[C#] _ [F#] return.
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ _ Engraving _ marks _
[F#] deepening _ [B] forever. _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[D#m] I hear [B] my _ [F#] sleeping sister _ in _ [C#] _ [D#m]
the _ early [B] _ _ [F#] morning hours. _ _ _ _ _
[D#m] I hear _ [B] her though [F#] at silent, _ _ _ _ _
[D#m] _ _ _ [B] standing o'er [F#] me now.
_ [C#] _ _ _ [F#]
[B] Tonight _ _ [D#m] the sky _
_ [F#] _ _ [C#] will open for [B] you. _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ Mountains _ [B] and bill _ clouds,
[F#] _ _ _ The [C#] water [B]
sent to _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
she fell _ [C#m] into. _ _
[F#] Her years, [B] her strong and [C#] sweet kiss.
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
She [C#] made _ [B] the perfect _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] garment. _ _
[C#] From the _ [C#m] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[C#] _ world that [B] turned its back.
_ _ _ Shook [C#] things round _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
in [C#] _ time.
[C#m] But you've got [F#] no _ _ _ [B] sister _ [C#]
now.
_ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[C#] I met _ [C#m] my _ fallen [F#] _ angel _ [B] one _ [C#] last time.
_ [C#m] _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ I [C#] _ _ _ [C#m] promised _ _ [F#]
always to leave, _ [B] _ she [C#] won't shine.
_ [C#m] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ I [C#] _ held her [C#m] hand as [F#] I sunk _ _ [B] into her [C#] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#] _ teapot.
[C#m] These watery [F#]
days, I'm _ _ [B] forced [C#] _
upon.
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D#m] I felt _ [B] my _ [F#] sleeping sister _ _ _ _ _ _
[D#m] _ _ [B] rising _ _ [F#] toward the light. _ _ _ _ _
[D#m] The mist [C#] above [B] _ [F#] the sky _ on _ _ [D#m] that _ never [B] _ _ [F#] ending _ night. _ _ _ _
[B] Tonight _ bright stars _ [F#] _
_ _ are [C#] _ shining [B] for you.
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ _ Oceans [B] _
and [D#m] full moon, _ _
[F#] _ _ deep [C#] midnight [B] _ _
blue.
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ [G#] I [A] woke _ [B] up _ _ every morning, _ [E] _ _ [D#] not believing [B] her _ _ to [F#] be [C#m] gone.
_ _ _ [D#m] _ [A] Outside _ _ [B] the doors [F#] and spare _ _ _ [E] rooms, _ [A] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ [F#] carried _ [C#m] on.
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
[B] Building _ _ nights so _ _ sweetly, [E] _ _ [D#] _ _ _
[B] _ selling _ endless [F#] _
dreams.
_ [E] _ _ _ [F#m] Outside _ _ [B] the kids [F#] and their _
_ _ [E] yawns, _ [D#] _ _
crying [B] beneath me.
_ [C#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G#] _ _ [D#m] I _ longed [B] you like [F#] no other, _ _ _ _ your [D#m] _ _
eyes I [B] _ _ [F#] can't _ erase.
_ [D#m] A _ _ _ sound [B] _ awakes [F#] me, always _
_ _ _ _ [D#m] _ _ shooting [B] down [F#] from _ space. _
[C#] _ In [F#] the [B] _ soft light rain, _ [F#] _ _ _ you're [C#] turning [B] _ into. _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
Wind sails _ [B] on cool _ bays, [F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] I'm watching [B] for you. _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ [F#] _ _ [B] Tonight the skies _ [F#] _ _ _ [C#] will open for [B] you. _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
Mountains _ [B] _ and big _ clouds [F#] _ _ _ _ _ [C#] dividing.
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
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