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Verse 1
F#m11
To be,
E
A bee, a moth.
F#m11E
Four wings spread for the soft last touch
A
Of glory sun,
EA
Remembering blood plums and lips and lemons –
E
One hundred different suns
D
In a hundred different heavens.
FA
Spied from a rowboat –
Chorus
D#mGG#m
Stroke, nought is spoken,
AD#mGE
Before you know it, the spell is broken,
DE
You might wonder where you are,
AD#mGF#m11
Floating on the reservoir.
Verse 2
E
Oh I have counted the notes
F#m11
We landed here not many years ago
EA
And it was not a pretty song that we composed:
E
La, la, la, the early bird he knows,
A
You hang from the cherry bough
DF
When you're lichen yourself, and leave –
Chorus
AD#mGF#m
The cold cold scent of stone and mulch,
AD#mGE
Great stone wall to stave the rush,
DE
To think that peace might be too much,
AD#mCB
Waiting for that giant
Interlude
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touch.
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Verse 3
F#m11E
The lake... the fir-fringed lake –
F#m11
Placid and ample, birded, breezed and dappled
E
Through the mountain break,
A
Through the mountain break,
EADF
A moment take, a moment, a moment...
Bridge
A
You might wonder where you are,
D#m
Perched up on the reservoir,
G
Adolf in the white hotel,
A
All this time we've been in hell,
AD#mGF#m
You might wonder where you are,
AD#mGF#m
Perched above the reservoir,
DE
Luis of the lake retire,
Outro
AD#mDA
Before they set the lake on fire
AEDA
Before they set the lake on fire
AECBF#m11
Before they set the lake on fire