G
My ear

Am
Attends to you,

Dm
as a mother hears

Am
while her children sleep.

[BRIDGE]

G
Now look:

Am
See how they're dreaming?

Dm
The black reciter reads

Am
while the children dream.

G             D
Don't       go

Am
So deep in slumber,

Em
Where you'll shy.

Am        C          G
Know you'll wander in sleep.

        Am                  D
Don't you fly          too far away.

[BRIDGE 2]

G          Am
Some men die 

C          Am
without crying--

Dm              Am                G
Suffering so long         and alone.

C          Em           Am         
Softly, children, dry your eyes.

C                 G
Gently, children, be wise.

[VERSE 2]

G
My ear attends to you,

Am
as a mother hears

Dm
all her children's fears.

G
So don't cry;

Am
all will wash away

G
when we pray.

Am
Soon, soon, soon, soon, soon.

Am                       C
So if it's okay, I'll wait with you a while.

G
The sun begins to shine.

[BRIDGE 3]

C                          Em
Oh, look: Your wings are broken,

Dm       Am         G
But never a lie was spoken.

C            Am           Em
The murdered thing is love, you see--

Am                G
Drifting on a lake of memory.

C             Am                C
Now sleep. Close your eyes and have no fear;

G
A wide blue sky is very near.

[VERSE 3]

G
My ear 

Am
Attends to you,

Dm
As a mother hears

Am
All her children's fears.

[D G  UTION]

G
So don't cry;

Dm
All will wash away

G
When we pray.

[OUTRO] (Strum each x3 in waltz (3/4) time)

G Em Am C