verse 1
C F
Dead to the world my body was sleeping’
C F
On my mind was nothin’ at all
C F
Come a mist, an air so appealing
C F C F
I’m here a whisperin', you summoned, I called
verse 2
C F
I formed me a presence whose aspect was changing’
C F
Oh, he would shift, he would not shift at all
C F
We sat for a while, he was very engaging’
C F C F
And when he was gone, I was gone on a smile
Dm
With a strange way of walking’
F
And a strange way of breathing’
Dm F
More lives than a cat that led me astray
Dm F
All in all, he captured my heart
C Dm F C
Dead to the world and I just slipped away
verse 3
C F
I heard me a music that drew me to dancing’
C F
Lo, I turned under his spell
C F
I opened my coat but he never came closer
C F C F
I bolted the door and whispered, oh well
Dm
With a strange way of walking’
F
And a strange way of breathing’
Dm F
More lives than a cat that led me astray
Dm F
All in all, he captured my heart
C Dm F C
Dead to the world and just slipped away
Instrumental
C F x 5
verse 4
C F
I laid in the rushes, the air was upon me
C F
Wondering’, well, I just couldn't discern
C F
Will he come back, come back to me?
C F C F
Oh, I whispered will you ever return?
Verse 5
C F
I was feeling’ sensations in no dictionary
C F
He was less than a breath of shimmer and smoke
C F
The life in his fingers unwound my existence
C F C F
Dead to the world alive I awoke
Dm
With a strange way of walking’
F
And a strange way of breathing’
Dm F
Less than a breath of shimmer and smoke
Dm F
The life in his fingers unwound my existence
C Dm F C
Dead to the world alive I awoke
Outro
C F
Alive I awoke
G Am
(Alive)
C F
Alive I awoke
G Am
(Alive I awoke)
C F
Alive
G Am
(I awoke)
C F
I awoke
G Am
(I awoke)
C F
I awoke
G Am
(Alive)
C F
Alive, alive, oh
G Am
(Alive)
G Am
(Alive)
C F
Alive, alive, oh
C F
Alive, alive, oh