Chords for When The Haar Rolls In

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_ [G] You asked me to jump the 45 measured [C] feet into the water
But I am no folly built for [D] your lazy [Bm] pleasure If only it [C] was so _ _
_ _ [G] Your hands were fairly stone cold as you placed them [C] on my neck
We climbed on the train at Burnham [G] We anchored our city living to our rural past
_ _ [A] _ High above the [D] fields of Killar Cranky [G] We made up rhymes and names for passing pull-out
[D] strangers You dared me out of earshot faces [C] beamed behind
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[D] McGregor pulling on his lead to climb more [G] snow
at up steps My winter jacket cast me out as a [G] well-dressed
lint Existing on the margins, [C] exciting to be sharing
Christmas with you all I _ _ _ _
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[G] thought I'd see you up the berks of [C] Aberfeldy
As if some common thoughts would bring us together
[G] Ten years later for nothing really Just to look, [C] just to drink you in _ _
I carry a memory like a bag full of feathers Once stuck in the back of my throat but now
a warming dream _ _ finally _ _ And _
[D] _ I'm more concerned about keeping the neighbor's
cat out of my garden than who you may be or you may [Em] not be fucking
[G] and who may be dancing a jig in the middle [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] As stupid as I was believing in fate and [C] fairness
and all the big questions I could not [G] answer as I busied myself with the flippancy of ours
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_ _ _ [G] Genius is the subtlety of the waves lapping on the shore
slowly taking over the dry shell [G] with its salty tongue like a lounge singer
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_ _ _ [G] An uppity nonchalance I'm caring for the [C] land it is reclaiming
I'm caring for the crowds [G] it's drawing The next day [C] I shall walk in its wake
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Discovering the bones and the pottery once [C] a native of this shoreline
Paying a visit to the coast [G] hoping to be recognized by
Descendants of descendants [C] and taken in in love
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Discovering the bones and the [Bm] pottery once a native [C] of this shoreline
Paying a visit to the coast hoping to [G] be recognized by
Descendants of descendants [C]
and taken in in love _ _
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[G] _ In Baltimore we sailed hoping to escape my [C] temper
Put you in a song I wrapped you up with cotton [G] wool
Cast you as an angel battling my demons
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_ _ [G] Cold-bloodedly you took your opportunity [C] A North London hogmanay the year my faith
was [G] shattered A sunken city came alive with [C] fireworks _ _ _
_ _ [D] Eager to please I sang like a stranger [C] And me and my tape friends
We drank you under the [G] table And the music you swore by
Was nothing that was [C] terrible _ _ _
_ _ [D] Scared by the noise of your shrieking The dog [C] chased ghosts in the kitchen
The journey topped the newspapers and ate [G] all the jam
And the glassware you collected was smashed and lilting on the floor
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_ _ [G] Sadness sweeps through me like a stubborn sea wind
[C] When I'm feeling my worst And the best news in the world
[G] Fails to move me And I cannot bear your [C] touch
Or to share your words _ [G] Or gossip or humor
Or let's when I need you most Just to be here to be quiet and warm
And free with a drink Until I forget such moments exist _ _
_ [D] When the high rolls in It's just a question of waiting [C] it out
And that's when the music I swear gets me [G] through
I close my eyes and everything's okay
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_ _ [D] the high rolls in It's just a question of waiting [C] things out
And that's when the music I swear [G] gets me through
I close my eyes [C] and everything's okay _
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_ _ _ [G] _ Baltimore we sailed Hoping to escape [C] my temper
Petunia song I wrapped you up with cotton [G] wool
Cast here's an angel battling my demons
North London hogmanate A year my faith was shattered _
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