Verse
G
I sang the song slowly
D6 G
As she stood in the shadows
C
She stepped to the light
D6 G
As my silver strings spun
G D
She called with her eyes
C G
To the tune I’s a-playing
G Gsus4
But the song it was long
D6 G Gsus4 Gsus2
And I’d only begun
[Verse 2]
G
Through a bullet of light
D6 G
Her face was reflecting
C
The fast fading words
D6 G
That rolled from my tongue
G D
With a long-distance look
C G
Her eyes was on fire
G Gsus4
But the song it was long
D6 G Gsus4 Gsus2
And there was more to be sung
[Verse 3]
G
My eyes danced a circle
D6 G
Across her clear outline
C
With her head tilted sideways
D6 G
She called me again
G D
As the tune drifted out
C G
She breathed hard through the echo
G Gsus4
But the song it was long
D6 G Gsus4 Gsus2
And it was far to the end
[Verse 4]
G
I glanced at my guitar
D6 G
And played it pretending
C
That of all the eyes out there
D6 G
I could see none
G D
As her thoughts pounded hard
C G
Like the pierce of an arrow
G Gsus4
But the song it was long
D6 G Gsus4 Gsus2
And it had to get done
[Verse 5]
G
As the tune finally folded
D6 G
I laid down the guitar
C
Then looked for the girl
D6 G
Who’d stayed for so long
G D
But her shadow was missing
C G
For all of my searching
G Gsus4
So I picked up my guitar
D6 G Gsus4 Gsus2
And began the next song