In The Falling Dark
Bruce Cockburn
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Key:
Am G Am G Am G Am G [Verse 1]Fmaj7 G And the lights lie tumbled outAm G like gemsFmaj7 G Am The moon is nothing but aG toothless grinFmaj7 G Dm Floating out on the evening windC G The smell of sweat and lube oilFmaj7 pervades the nightC G And the rush of life in flight atFmaj7 G Am G the speed of lightAm G [Verse 2]Fmaj7 G Am G A million footsteps whisperingFmaj7 G Am G A guitar sounds—some voices singContinues after the adFmaj7 G Dm Smoke on the breeze—eyes that stingC G And far in the east a yellow cloudFmaj7 bank climbsC G Stretching away to be part ofFmaj7 G Am G Am G tomorrow's time [Verse 3]Fmaj7 G Earthbound while everythingAm G expandsFmaj7 G Am G So many grains of sandFmaj7. G. Dm Slipping from hand to handC G Catching the light and fallingFmaj7 into darkC G The world fades out like anFmaj7 overheard remarkFmaj7 G Am G Am In the falling darkG Am G [Verse 4]Fmaj7 G Light pours from a millionAm G radiant livesFmaj7 G Off of kids and dogs and theAm G hard-shelled husbands and wivesFmaj7 G All of that glory shining aroundDm and we're all caught taking a diveC G And all the beasts of the hillsFmaj7 around shout "Such a waste!C G Don't you know that from the first to the lastFmaj7 We're all one in the gift ofG Am G Am G Am. G Am G Am grace!"