Intro: |
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G A/G G Gmaj7 |
Into the distance, a ribbon of black |
Em7 |
Stretched to the point of no turning back |
D G A/G G Gmaj7 |
A flight of fancy on a windswept field |
Em7 D |
Standing alone my senses reeled |
G A/G G Gmaj7 |
A fatal attraction is holding me fast, how |
Em7 D |
Can I escape this irresistible grasp? |
C Em/B Am G |
Can't keep my eyes from the circling sky |
F |
Tongue-tied and twisted just an |
C D |
Earth-bound misfit, I |
Bridge: |
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Ice is forming on the tips of my wings |
Em7 |
Unheeded warnings, I thought I thought |
D |
Of everything |
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No navigator to guide my way home |
Em7 D |
Unladened, empty and turned to stone |
C Em/B Am G |
A soul in tension that's learning to fly |
F C |
Condition grounded but determined to try |
Em/B Am G |
Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies |
F |
Tongue-tied and twisted just an |
C D |
Earth-bound misfit, I |
Bridge: |
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G |
Above the planet on a wing and a prayer |
Em7 |
My grubby halo, a vapour trail in |
The empty air |
G |
Across the clouds I see my shadow fly |
Em7 |
Out of the corner of my watering eye |
G |
A dream unthreatened by the morning light |
Em7 |
Could blow this soul right through |
The roof of the night |
C Em/B Am G |
There's no sensation to compare with this |
F C |
Suspended animation, a state of bliss |
Em/B Am G |
Can't keep my mind from the circling skies |
F |
Tongue-tied and twisted just an |
C D |
Earth-bound misfit, I |
Outro: |
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