Fm
Eb Eb Bb Cm

[Verse 1]
Eb         Bb         Cm
When hawks glide underwater
Eb           Bb          Cm
And salmon replace the unborn
Eb                 Bb             Cm
The forgotten will rise from the ocean
Eb                Bb              Cm
Nests of kelp all strewn in their horns
Eb
And whispering
                  Bb  Eb             Bb
"Please take us back, please take us back
                   Cm
We've learned our lesson"
F                          Gm
Kate we are breaking down here
 F                       Bb         F
Without your seasons and fearless snow
F                              Gm
And Kate we are breaking down here
 F                        Bb         F
Without your seasons and fearless snow

[Chorus]
    Cm    Eb        Gm   F
And white fanged foreverness
Cm  Eb     Bb    F
Barefooted wilderness
Cm    Eb      Gm         F
Green tangled gills need rest
    Cm     Eb    Bb   F
And we can be forever blessed
 Cm   Eb     Gm   F
We can be forever blessed
 F             Gm                   F
If we take the back roads, like you said
F               Gm           Gm
If we take the back roads, (ooooh)
Gm
(Oooooh)

[Verse 2]
 Eb                       Bb          Cm
And here on this pile of shell, I call out
Eb                            Bb
To the pods all gathered like thunderheads
Eb   Bb         Cm
Thunder in our heads
                   F                    Gm
Crying with your songs like a peaceful death
 F               Bb
Please teach us release
             F
Teach me release
F                           Gm
Kate we are breaking down here
 F                        Bb         F
Without your seasons and fearless snow
     F                        Gm
And Kate we are breaking down here
F                         Bb        F
Without your seasons and fearless snow

[Chorus 2]
 Cm         Eb       Gm   F
And white fanged foreverness
 Cm  Eb    Bb     F
Barefooted wilderness
 Cm   Eb      Gm          F
Green tangled gills need rest
 Cm        Eb    Bb   F
And we can be forever blessed
 Cm    Eb     Gm   F
We can be forever blessed
 F             Gm                    F
If we take the back roads, like you said
  F             Gm
If we take the back roads

[Bridge]
 Gm                      Eb
And here on this pile of driftwood
  Bb    Gm                 Eb        Bb
I will carefully string up stick by stick
 Gm            Eb      Gm
Thin by thick, bit by bit
 Gm          Eb     Gm
Rib by rib, rib by rib
Gm           Eb        Bb
Rib by rib, rib by rib

Bb      Bb             F
Until a mobile of you dances and shifts
F                            Bb
In perfect balance, take me back
 F                           Bb
In perfect balance, take me back
Bb              Cm  Gm
I've learned my lesson
   Cm       Eb       Gm    F
And white fanged foreverness
Cm  Eb      Bb    F
Barefooted wilderness
Cm     Eb     Gm         F
Green tangled gills need rest
Cm         Eb   Bb    F
And we can be forever blessed
Cm      Eb    Gm   F
We can be forever blessed
F                Gm                     F
If we take the back roads, like you said
F               Gm
If we take the back roads