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The Tide Falls Away

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Dar Williams - The Tide Falls Away
INTRO:   Am   Am7   Am    F  
AmI walked a spiralling Am7village one Fnight
EmDrawn by the word of a Gbell or a Flight
GOut on the flats, saw it E7rose to a AmspireAm7  
All becomes Amclear Fas the Ctide falls aAmway
AmParent and child and an Am7ocean beFtween
EmOne is not heard and the Gother not Fseen
GToo many bottles, but E7each had a message inAmsideAm7  
All becomes Amclear Fas the Ctide falls aAmwayAm7  
All becomes Amclear Fas the Ctide falls aAmway
INTERLUDE:   Am    Am7    F    Em    G     F  
GLucky we are when the E7stars leave us singing
A Amhymn or a dirge when the Fsurge of the ocean is Cgone
Is Fgone
INTERLUDE:   Am   Am7   Am    F  
AmAnd the old woman just Am7stares at her Fhands
EmSo many heroes have Gcrumbled to Fsand
GAll those cathedrals were E7merely by AmmenAm7  
All becomes Amclear Fas the Ctide falls aAmway
All becomes clear Fas the Ctide falls aAmwayAm7  
All falls aFway
OUTRO:   Am    Am7    Am  F  

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The Tide Falls Away

by Dar Williams

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Am7

Dar Williams - The Tide Falls Away

Am Am7 Am F

INTRO:

Am Am7 F

I walked a spiralling village one night

Em G F

Drawn by the word of a bell or a light

G E7 Am Am7

Out on the flats, saw it rose to a spire

Am F C Am

All becomes clear as the tide falls away

Am Am7 F

Parent and child and an ocean between

Em G F

One is not heard and the other not seen

G E7 Am Am7

Too many bottles, but each had a message inside

Am F C Am Am7

All becomes clear as the tide falls away

Am F C Am

All becomes clear as the tide falls away

Am Am7 F Em G F

INTERLUDE:

G E7

Lucky we are when the stars leave us singing

Am F C

A hymn or a dirge when the surge of the ocean is gone

Is gone

Am Am7 Am F

INTERLUDE:

Am Am7 F

And the old woman just stares at her hands

Em G F

So many heroes have crumbled to sand

G E7 Am Am7

All those cathedrals were merely by men

Am F C Am

All becomes clear as the tide falls away

F C Am Am7

All becomes clear as the tide falls away

All falls away

Am Am7 Am F

OUTRO:

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