Fill Riff #1 e|--------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------2---| D|------0-0h2-2h4-2p0----------0-0h2-2p0--0---| A|--0h2---------------0h2--0h2----------------| E|--------------------------------------------| Fill Riff #2 e|--0h2--------| B|------3---3--| G|--------2----| D|-------------| A|-------------| E|-------------| ________________________________ ________________________________ Intro: Fill Riff #1 (out of , keep holding the two top strings while playing and let it all blend) Now the morning was gilded around the edges With the shavings from bone They were pressed in and glued in against the corner And carved just like soapstone And it was gloriously grey The sun was radiant underlay Fighting, fading, winning, waining Purring behind milk and cloud and snow FILL RIFF #1 Now the blinds are up a foot from the bottom I can make out outlines of ankles, legs and asses FILL RIFF #2 Until a fresh set sends blood to my ears And the memories flood the levy of my boredom And the finest sinewy strand has been cut clean trough There is a pop, a crack and a thud And you were free and i am free Now let's extricate ourselves from the mud FILL RIFF #1 You practised your name In the margin of pages Of a hundred thousand rough drafts I heard they roughed you up pretty bad You gotta climb up the mountain top, scream out loud Chip your teeth on a bottle top and do me proud When i held your hand in my blood free hands I swear they were the cleanest ones in town Take your time and let the tide Pull you out to sea Take your time and let the tide Pull you away from me