Boats Against The Current
Ryan O'Reilly
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C F G C [Verse 1]C F Am Run your hand along my arm,G inside my jacket sleeveC F Let your tears fall in your smile,Am G I can hardly breatheF C With my hands upon your hips youAm G took our flag down to half mastC F When we turned to face each otherG C we were already in the past [Verse 2]C F The emptiness fills me and it’sAm G tidal like the ThamesC F If the numbness ever leaves me IAm G won’t want this pain to endF C Is it possible to change this,Am G what would you like to askC F Is there a river we can followG C ceaselessly towards the past [Chorus 1]F C I was blind to all those candles,E Am G heard the music felt your dressF C I shut my eyes your lips you gaveE Am G to me for one last sweet caressF C Don’t you give our love a eulogy IE Am G can’t watch you close the doorF C It was winter time the first timeG C but time’s not been stopped before [Verse 3]C You said you dreamed that I wasF Am holding you, I kissed your eyesG your lips your hairC F You cried that was my goodbye toAm G you, I only wish babe I’d been thereContinúa después del anuncioF C Remember when I ran away to DublinAm you wrote and told me to stayG strongC F You’ve only been gone a few hoursG C but they’re tortuously long [Verse 4]C F The chalice holds the poison andAm G it’s fermented by our fearC F Put our love into a four footAm G hole, a foot for every yearF C Am Yesterday I had you, but it wouldG be the lastC The doors are locked and they’veF G been bolted, and it’s trapped usC in the past [Chorus 2]F C I can picture you so perfectlyE Am G your hat down to your shoesF C You said I’ve never been an adultE Am G and not belonged to youF C Remember Magheramore that time IE Am G held you safe in both my handsF C But the tide was unrelentingG C breaks the rocks down into sand [Verse 5]C F We didn’t wait to hear the bellAm G this time we knew it had just been rungC F Our cobbled streets they wereAm G alive with all the carols being sungF C Can our love end so suddenly, I’mAm G not sure if it’s trueC F 'Cos every time I dry my heavyG C eyes I still think I’ll see you [Verse 6]C F I drove for hours and for milesAm G after you got out of the carC F I couldn’t listen to those loveAm G sick songs, they don’t know who we areF C I reached across to feel you butAm G nothing now feels rightC F The stars are dancing heel to toeG C across the endless night [Verse 7]C F I will draw the curtain you canAm G take a sweeping bowC F We remembered all our lines babeAm G no-one had to show us howF C Be careful that you do not slipAm G upon the newly painted stageC F I expected your directions but notG C times exquisite rage [Chorus 3]F C E Whoever you discover who nextAm G walks you to your doorF Or dares put his hands where myC E hands used be to dance across yourAm G bedroom floorF C I hope he will understand you’reE Am worth much more than he could knowGF C Will you think of us from time toG C time and let our time together show [Verse 8]C F The pearls they would destroy usAm G because that’s not a diamond ringC F Maybe I was scared to show you butAm G you did mean everythingF C Am I only understand you, only youG know all of meC F Is this how Adam felt the day thatG C Eden set him free?