Ab Eb Bb Ab
Forty years in the palm of the ocean
Eb Bb Ab Eb
You didn't win, you didn't win, I've got anchors
Bb Ab
Said the child in my heart, repeating
Eb Bb
On the day that I died
Ab Eb Bb Ab
To the west, to the west, I need anchors
Eb Bb Ab
To the west, to the west, I need strong hands
Eb Bb Ab
To pull me up over the mountains
Eb Bb
Before I love you again.
Ab Eb Bb Ab
Cause the sound was the boat slowly breaking
Eb Bb Ab Eb
And the weight was a mountain of old pain
Bb
Like I could have walked on the sea
Ab Eb
If you'd just noticed me
Bb Ab
Hanging around
[Chorus]
Ab Eb Bb
But we danced, hey, hey
Ab
Hey
Eb Bb
Yeah, we danced, hey-hey
Ab
Hey
Eb Bb
To be whole, to be whole
Ab Eb Bb Ab
To be holy, holy holy
[instrumental]
Eb Bb Ab x2
[Verse 2]
Eb Bb Ab
There were bright days, we were dreaming
Eb Bb Ab Eb
There were black days in the red room of your anger
Bb Ab Eb Bb
The roses retreating, and blooming again
Ab Eb Bb Ab
But the song was my heart slowly breaking
Eb Bb Ab Eb
And the weight was a mountain of old pain
Bb
Like I could've walked on the sea
Ab Eb Bb
If you'd just noticed me waiting in the rain
[Chorus]
Ab Eb Bb
But we danced, hey, hey
Ab
Hey
Eb Bb
Yeah, we danced, hey-hey
Ab
Hey
Eb Bb
To be whole, to be whole
Ab Eb Bb Ab
To be holy, holy holy
[instrumental]
Eb Bb Ab x2
[Verse 3]
Eb Bb Ab
Well, it's you or it's me, so it's over
Eb Bb Ab Eb
Well, it's you or it's me, I've got bills to pay
Bb Ab
Said my heart to your memory in anger
Eb Bb
When I boarded the plane
Ab Eb Bb Ab
To the west, to the west, I need anchors
Eb Bb Ab Eb
To the west, gonna find me a gold mine
Bb Ab
So sing us a song of redemption
Eb Bb Ab
I'm doing alright, I'm doing alright, I'm doing alright
Eb Bb Ab
I'm doing alright, I'm doing alright, I'm doing alright
Eb Bb Ab
Hey, Hey
Eb Bb
Hey-hey
Ab
Hey
Eb Bb Ab x3
(improv vocals)
Eb
