View Guitar Chords for Soft as chalk - chords ver. 1
SOFT AS CHALK So the other tab of this one on this site wasn't a COMPLETE waste of timeĀ but you'll enjoy this far better:DSo, so Clong ago GAnd so far awDay DWhen timeC was just a line That you feGd me When you wanted toD stayDWe'd talk as sCoft as chalk Till moGrning came, as pale as Da pearlDNo time, noC, no time Now, I Ghave got all the time in tDhe worldDSay, honey, did yBbou belong to me TEbell me, honey, was your Dmheart at rest when, dFarling All the mourning Cdoves were howling us A Bbsong of love's oh god-Dmawful lawlessCness, lDmaw-FlesDms-ness! DSay, honey, did Bbyou belong to me EbTell me, honey, did I Dmpass your test I laFy, as still as death, untiCl the dawn Whereupon I Bbwrested from your god-aDmwful lawlessnCess, DmLaw-Fless-Dmness!I Droam around the tiCdy grounds Of my dapGpled sanatorCium DCoatless, I sit amongst tChe moles, adrift And I dGote upon my pinesapD gum And the Dlight, through the pines in Cbrassy tines Lays Gover me, dim as Drum And thDick as molasses, and Cso time passes And Gso, my heart, tomorrow CcomesDI feel you, leaning Out bBback with the crickets Loyal Ebheart marking the Dmsoon-ness darknessTFonight, still the mourningC doves Will summon us their Bbsong Of love's neverDmdoneing lawlessCness, lDmaw-lFessDm-ness!While, Dover and over Rear Bbup, stand down, lay round TrEbying to sound-out or gueDmss the reasons To Fsleep like a soldier, Cwithout rest But there is no treBbason Where there is Dmonly lawlessCness, DmlawF-lesDms-ness! DmMIDDLE SECTION: Dm, Bb, Gm, C Dm, Bb, Gm, C faster Dm, Bb, Gm, C Dm, Bb, Gm, CIn the Eblast week Of the last year IGm was aware I took a bliC#nd shot, across the creek At the G#black bear When he roEbused me in the night And left me C#cowering with my light Calling out WG#ho is thFmere Who's Cmthere Who is EbthereBb, Fm, Am, C Dm, Bb, Gm, C Dm, Bb, Gm, C Dm, Bb, Gm, C Dm, Bb, Gm, CI wEbatched you sleep RGmepeating my prayer GC#ive love a little shove And it becG#omes terror And now I am Ebcalling In a sadness beyond anger And beyond C#fear G#Who is Fmthere Who's Cmthere Who isEb thereBb, Fm, Am, C, D D, C, G, D D, C, G, DID glare and nod Like the Ccharacter, God Bearing Gdown upon the houses and Dlawns I kDnew a little bit, But, dCarling, you were it And, daGrling, now it is long gone C DSweetheart, in your Cclean, bright start GBack there, behind a hill, and a Ddell And a sDtate line or two, I'll beC thinking of you Yes, I'll be tGhinking and be wishing youD well WDe land, I stanCd, but I wait for Gthe sound of the bDell DI have to cCatch a cab and my baGgs are at the Ccarousel And tDhen Lord, justC then, time alone wDill only tell You morning dove