Verse G Em If these bare walls could sing C G They would sing us a funeral song Em C Push their wooden words into your mouth G Em They would not wish to be C G A burden to your tongue G Em Would not wish to carry on C Too long Chorus Am Em With no sorrow G G/F# Em Ask no greater pardon Am Than the pattern Em C Time is carving in your skin Verse G Em If these pale bones could sway C G They would march to a funeral song Em C And pull their milky way across the yard G Em They would not wish to keep C G You tethered to their arms G Em C They would not wish to carry on too far Chorus Am Em With no sorrow G G/F# Em Ask no greater pardon Am Than the pattern Em C Time is carving in your skin Break G, Em, C (2x) Verse G Em Well if I could stretch my ears C G Into a grand procession G Em And circle 'round your wisdom C Like a song G Em I would not wish to be C G The fire in your belly G I would not wish for Em C Holding you too long Chorus Am Em With no sorrow G G/F# Em Ask no greater pardon Am Than the pattern Em C Time is carving in your skin [Outro} C until the song fades out