Intro: G C A7 D D7 G
C
Is it really that long since I held my tiny little sister?
Am A7 D
Is it really that long since I held her tiny little hand?
G C A7
Here's a card from far away to say how much I've missed her
D G
Now we're both on the shores of time, counting every grain of sand
verse 1
Em C
Every grain of sand, a day to last forever
D G
Every grain of sand, a memory of time
Em
Every hope we lost, every bridge we crossed
Am
We did it all together
D B7
Every dream we shared, every day we cared
Em
And tried to understand
C
How our lives were planned
D
But still a grain of sand
G C
Is it really that long since I held my tiny little sister?
Am A7 D
Is it really that long since I held her tiny little hand?
G C A7
Here's a card from far away to say how much I've missed her
D G
Now we're both on the shores of time, counting every grain of sand
verse 2
Em C
In the streets we played the games we learned from others
D G
In the streets we played, till Mother called us home
Em
And the days were long, like a summer song
Am
That never told of winter
D B7
And the chalk lines ran to a distant land
Em
We'd one day come to see
C
And we'd ask the stars
D
Whoever will we be?
G C
Is it really that long since I held the tiny little sister?
Am A7 D
Is it really that long since I held her tiny little hand?
G C A7
Here's a card from far away to say how much I've missed her
D G
Now we're both on the shores of time, counting every grain of sand
verse 3
Em C
Then we found our men, promised them forever
D G
Then we found our sons, promised them the world
Em
And we watched them grow, we watched them go
Am
As we had left each other
D B7
And we tried to write, but we never quite
Em
Knew what we ought to say
C
Now I send my love
D
This and every day
G C
Is it really that long since I held the tiny little sister?
Am A7 D
Is it really that long since I held her tiny little hand?
G C A7
Here's a card from far away to say how much I've missed her
D G
Now we're both on the shores of time, counting every grain of sand
A D C G Am G
Now we're both on the shores of time, counting every grain of sand