Intro
Gm F Bb Cm
Gm F Cm
verse 1
Gm F Bb
I'm going home, to see my friend
Cm Bb F
In a chapel town on the bank of a river-bend
Gm F Bb
Nothing's bright but everything is pale
Cm Bb F
And a bruised breeze fills a river man sails
Gm F Bb Cm
Gm F Cm
verse 2
Gm F Bb
Graveyards gums have grown new teeth
Cm Bb F
Pretty new pearls adorned by pretty new reeds
Gm F Bb
I twist my tongue and you bend my ear
Cm Bb F
Light another cigarette and tell me you've had a bad year
Eb Gm
Slipping through ivory stones
Bb F
Familiar faces I don't know
Eb Gm
Channel wine, bitter pride
Bb F
Designed to satisfy
Gm F Bb Cm
I drowned these thoughts by the riverside
Gm F Cm
verse 3
Gm F Bb
The river ink composes poems
Cm Bb F
Her bridges break and the boatmen punctuate
Gm F Bb
She teaches me through tides and wakes
Cm Bb F
Her words are ripples and waves of frosted lakes
Eb Gm
Slipping through ivory stones
Bb F
Familiar faces I don't know
Eb Gm
Channel wine, bitter pride
Bb F
Designed to satisfy
Gm F Bb Cm
I drowned these thoughts by the riverside
Gm F Cm
Gm F Bb
I'm going home, to see my friend
Cm Bb F
In a chapel town on the bank of a river-bend
Gm F Bb
I twist my tongue and you bend my ear
Cm Bb F
Light another cigarette and tell me you've had a bad year