Intro: E B7 x4 Verse 1: E F#m A E We shared the experience of being alive F#m A And then we took some tea E F#m A E We finished up and all on a whim F#m A We talked as it was free B A When we went to get the bill E B The lady looked us over B A She told us, 'now you stay quite still E B And I'll fetch in some clover' Pre-chorus: C#m B A C#m And all of the yellow melancholy B A The world about grew stark C#m B A C#m The only sound in all of the place B A (A-B-A) Was the singing of a lark Chorus: C#m B A E It sang Holly go lightly bright as the day C#m B A Fresh as the moon and stale as the hay C#m B A E Cold as the window frozen with frost C#m B A (A-B-A) You never been seen and you never been lost E B7 x2 Verse 2: E F#m A E And lost I was for all of the time F#m A We never shared thereafter E F#m A E Closing my books and shoeing my feet E F#m A The air blew in much darker B A Floor boards they've been laughing at me E B The folds of my skin are frayed A I'm the oldest man I know by now E B I was the youngest yesterday Pre-chorus: C#m B A C#m What did I lose to mourn so long B A A worm in the heart has tamed me C#m B A C#m Laying to rest in a ventricle B A (A-B-A) Stirs when I take my tea Chorus: C#m B A E It sang Holly go lightly bright as the day C#m B A Fresh as the moon and stale as the hay C#m B A E Cold as the window frozen with frost C#m B A (A-B-A) You never been seen and you never been lost E B7 x4 Verse 3: E F#m A E I saw her once and she came upon the midday F#m A And gave me both her hands E F#m A E It seemed while I was still dreaming of the waves F#m A That she lived a while on land B A Slipping through a stream of dark E B The streets laid out a way B A Stayed above the level E B Kept my wandering heart at bay Pre-chorus: C#m B A C#m In the sage strands a feeling in the landlord's daily dealing B A There's a turn of a twisting smile C#m B A C#m Cheap is your time when our tea don't taste so fine B A (A-B-A) How are you, it's been a while Chorus: C#m B A E It sang Holly go lightly bright as the day C#m B A Fresh as the moon and stale as the hay C#m B A E Cold as the window frozen with frost C#m B A E You never been seen and you never been lost X2