To: jamesb@nevada.edu Subject: "Columbus" as performed by Mary Black # # transcribed by Greg Knapp & Don Wegeng (wegeng.henr801c@xerox.com) # 14 January 1993 # cDcD E A Better keep your distance from this whale E A Better keep your boat from going astray C#m Find yourself a partner and treat them well E A Try to give them shelter night and day G 'Cos here in this blue light E G Far away from the fireside E G D Things can get twisted and crazy and crowded Em You can't even feel right C So you dream of Columbus D Every time the panic starts C You dream of Columbus D With your maps and your beautiful charts Em You dream of Columbus G D With an ache in your travelling heart A C#m See how the cormorant swoops and dives E A Must be some thrill to go that deep C#m Down to the basement of this life E A Down to where the mermaid gently sleeps G Not like here in this blue light E G Far away from the fireside E G D Where things can get twisted and haunted and crowded Em You can't even feel alright Em D And as tide must ebb and flow Am Em I am dragged down under C D And I wait the livelong day Am Em For and end to my hunger C So I dream of Columbus D Every time that the panic starts C I dream of Columbus D With my maps and my beautiful charts Em I dream of Columbus G D And there's peace in a travelling heart C I dream of Columbus...