C G Dm F


[Verse]
C                      G
Every morning with the cool sunrise
Dm                 F
I take a cue from another life
   C             G                   F
An offering from what's behind those eyes
          C                            G
In one of mine, grandma Uhl played the piano
Dm                 F
Black grain it was beautiful
        C          G           F
But she sang a melody I didn't know

C G Dm F

C            G
I sleep with my mind wide
Dm                  F
To get a vision of another side
  C                  G                 F
I never learned that song though I did try
          C                    G
In one of mine was an owl with yellow eyes
Dm                F
Gathered light so she could fly
       C              G              F
Though I was close to her she didn't mind


[Chorus]
Am            G
Let go of the sands of night
C         F            C
Hoping to clarify: the good, the hard,
    G                  F
The words that I can't find


[Verse]
          C                   G
In one of mine, we laid still side by side
Dm               F
Our bodies in an arc of light
   C               G                   F
As yours bled into mine our thoughts entwined


[Bridge]

C G F C G F

C                   G
Laying there in the hospital he said,
F
"Oh aren't you beautiful
     C                  G                 F
Come learn my name, you know I think it's time"
          C                        G
In one of mine, took a name from a dying man
F
In exchange for some time as friends
    C                G                 F
And sat there by his side then when he said,
 Am         F
"Here I am alone again,
Dm           G              Am
tracing over all these old events,
         F          Dm
thinking over my mistakes,
        G
tracing all of my missteps."
C          G             F
And in the day we say to you,
                               C
"You did then what you knew to do
              G
When you knew better well then
F
you did better
F
you did better
Dm
you did better
Dm
you did better"

[Outro]
C                      G
Every morning with the cool sunrise
Dm                 F
I take a cue from another life
   C             G                   F
An offering from what's behind those eyes
Am            G
Let go of the sands of night
C          F           C
Hoping to clarify: the good, the hard,
    G                  F
The words that I can't find
C                       G
 Every morning with the cool sunrise
Dm                  F
I take a cue from a double life
    C            G              F
I'm gathering up light so I can fly
C         G
And in my dreams at night
Dm         F
I'm hoping I might find
    C             G                 F
The messages that filter through my mind
    C                   G                  F
The good, the hard, the words that I can't find
  C                  G                 F
I never learned that song though I did try