White Shadow Waltz

G
Abandoned by all her admirers
Bm
Wild white shadow waltz
       C
Stands alone on a stair down the 
hall
         Am                    
Just one slip from a trip and a 
 D
fall.

[Verse]
     G
In a cold morning holding her 
lighter
Bm
One white shadow waltz
C
Stirs, sputters and stalls
Am                 D        
Wakes, wavers, and walks right 
                      Bm
through her prison walls.

[Bridge]
Bm                               
She says the doorbell is ringing
Bm F#

F#                F# A
Go see who it is
A
Our little island's sinking into
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Em
Mist.

[Verse]
  G
A day came, a night went, it 
lightened
   Bm
An animal broke his way out
C
Moped through a scattering crowd
    Am                        
And crawled back to his circus 
 D
shell.

[Verse]
    G
And circling the zoo's screaming 
clients
Bm
Was white shadow waltz
C
Deaf to their torn breaths and calls
     Am                     D  
Wait take a look closer hey he's 
                   G
hardly moving at all.

[Bridge]
Bm                                
She says there's someone knocking
Bm F#

F#                F# A
Go see who it is
A
Our world is shaking I guess
Em
Our little world is breaking in the

[Verse]
G
Presence of all our despisers
      Bm
We'll falter and crawl into our bed
    C
The world is a black shadow bled
    Am                      D
And what is this tune in my head?

[Other]
              G
She says it's just the white wind 
when it whimpers
         Bm
And it's just the black rain when it
 squalls
          C
It's just white meat whistling a 
waltz
          Am                  D   
It's just nine hands wiping a 
                    G
white shadow off of the walls.