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Terminal Star

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CYou’re a beautiful Gtrace
Of time and Amspace
You’re a thing that once Fshone
CAnd you still shine Gbright
In the darkest Amnight
Though you’re already Fgone
CYou have travelled so Gfar
My terminal Amstar
In your coat so Fred
CBut I still don’t know Ghow
I can watch a thing Amnow
When it’s already Fdead
When it’s already Cdead
G  Am  F
CJust to reach my Geyes
You traverse the Amskies
For a hundred million Fyears
CI behold your Gpower
In this waukrife Amhour
Just before it disapFpears
CAll the stories in Gstones
And in beakers and Ambones
All the salt in the Fsea
CAre eclipsed by the Gmight
Of your fading Amlight
You’re dying so Fbeautifully
So Cbeautifully
C  G  Am  F
C  G  Am  F
CYou’re a beautiful Gtrace
Of time and Amspace
You’re a thing that once Fshone
CAnd you still shine Gbright
In the darkest Amnight
Though you’re already Fgone
Though you’re already Cgone
G  Am  F
C  G  Am  F
C  G  Am  F
C  G  Am  F

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Terminal Star

by Karine Polwart

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C G

You’re a beautiful trace

Of time and space

You’re a thing that once shone

C G

And you still shine bright

In the darkest night

Though you’re already gone

C G

You have travelled so far

My terminal star

In your coat so red

C G

But I still don’t know how

I can watch a thing now

When it’s already dead

G Am F

C G

Just to reach my eyes

You traverse the skies

For a hundred million years

C G

I behold your power

In this waukrife hour

Just before it disappears

C G

All the stories in stones

And in beakers and bones

All the salt in the sea

C G

Are eclipsed by the might

Of your fading light

You’re dying so beautifully

So beautifully

C G Am F

C G

You’re a beautiful trace

Of time and space

You’re a thing that once shone

C G

And you still shine bright

In the darkest night

Though you’re already gone

G Am F

C G Am F

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