The Long Water

Gadd9 3X0203
Fadd9 103213 bass note with thumb
C     X30213

[Verse 1]
Em               G
It's been a long time
    F#m   B       Em
and time changed everything
Am             D7           Gadd9
Apart-from the blue tattoo along your skin-
F#m            B      Em
and your salt tears

[Verse 2]
                 G
It's been a slow year
    F#m           B                      Em
The un-fruitless Rorschach test that I took for you
Am                     D7                Gadd9
All that I could make out were your Polynesian shoes-
F#m            B
And- your soft tears

[Chorus]
Am       D7
Hey man- where's the money gone
Gadd9             C
I was in the drink- I was swimming on-
Fadd9               B7              E
Startled. By the song the seabird sung
Am                D7
And all the years line up, giddy, they wait-
Gadd9             C                      Fadd9
they descend the stairs of the cabaret ballet
                 B7              E           Em
And as they skip off make plans on which to renege

[Verse 3]
                 G
It's been a long time
F#m             B               Em
For you blue I cut my foot forcing the shoe
Am                D7          Gadd9
And the red flame vase I blew for you
F#m           B
And your hot tears

[Chorus]
Am       D7
Hey man- where did the fun go
Gadd9               C
I was in the drink- I was diving low
Fadd9          B7       E
Aiming for the bottom of everything!
Am                     D7
And all the pretty years- line up, to say
Gadd9             C              Fadd9
"It was a nice interior onto which the wrong light played
B7             E                     E
Marks deducted- for the unclean stage

Em

                 G
It's been a long time
F#m       B       Em
and time changed everything

[Chorus]
Am       D7                Gadd9
Hey man- where's the money gone-
                 C                 Fadd9
I was in the drink- I was swimming on
                 B7             E
Frightened by the song the bitter gull sung
Am                 D7
And all the birds line up to say
Gadd9          C                   Fadd9
"It was a bad idea that the romantico guitar played"
B7                              E
But it echoes deep in the cavity