Intro: A G
verse 1
D C
An unseen ruler defines with geometry
D C
An unrulable expanse of geography
B
An aerial photographer over-exposed
E
To the cartologist's 2D images knows
D C
The areas where the water flowed
D C
So petrified, the landscape grows
D C
Straining eyes try to understand
D C
The works, incessantly in hand
B
The carving and paring of the land
E
The quarter square, the graph divides
D C
Beneath the rule a country hides
A G
D C
Interrupting my train of thought
B G
Lines of longitude and latitude
D C B G
Define, refine my altitude
verse 2
A
The curtain's undrawn
A
Harness fitted, no escape
A
Common and peaceful, duck, flat, lowland
A
Landscape, canal, canard, water coloured
A G
verse 3
D C
Crystal palaces for floral kings
D C
A widespread waving span of wings
D C
Witness the sinking of the sun
D C
A deep breath of submission has begun
D C
Interrupting my train of thought
B G
Lines of longitude and latitude
D C B G
Define, refine my altitude
D C
Interrupting my train of thought
B G
Lines of longitude and latitude
D C B G
Define, refine my altitude