Set The Fire To The Third Bar

Intro
Am G F -x2



Am           G              F   
  I find the map and draw a 
         Am
straight line
     G                  F          
Over rivers, farms, and state lines
Am

             G                 F  
The distance from "A" to where 
     Am
you'd be
          G                   F    
It's only finger lengths that I see
Am



            G F  Am
I touch the place
                    G F Am
Where I'd find your face
              G   F  Am
My fingers in creases
                G  F  Am
Of distant dark places


          G              F        Am
I hang my coat up in the first bar
            G                    F
There is no peace that I've felt 
     Am
so far
             G             F      Am
The laughter penetrates my silence
           G                 F    
As drunken men find flaws in 
  Am
science


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                   G  F  Am
Their words mostly noises
                 G  F  Am
Ghosts with just voices
                 G   F Am
Your words in my memory
               G  F  Am
Are like music to me


               C
I'm miles from where you are,
 G                F             Am
I, lay down on the cold ground I,
                      C
I pray that something picks me up
    G                    A#add9 
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And, sets me down in your   warm 
arms



Am       G               F     Am
   After I have traveled so far
             G           F        Am
We'd set the fire to the third bar
                G             F   
We'd share each other like an 
  Am
island
        G                  F      Am
Until exhausted, close our eyelids


                  G  F   Am
And dreaming pick up from
                  G    F  Am
The last place we left off
                  G   F  Am
Your soft skin is weeping
                G    F  Am
A joy you can't keep in


               C
I'm miles from where you are,
 G                F               
I, lay down on the cold ground And
  Am
 I,
                      C          
I pray that something picks me up 
    G
and
                    A#add9        Am
Sets me down in your    warm arms


               C
I'm miles from where you are
 G                F               
I, lay down on the cold ground and
  Am
 I,
                      C
I pray that something picks me up
   G                    A#add9 
........ Am once
and sets me down in your      warm 
arms