CAPO: 2nd Fret INTRO: C G Am F C G C G Am F C G C And it's blue as in cerulean G Am It's the scent of new mown hay F Laugh and turn the pages C G When there's nothing left to say C And it's true that a thing of brilliance G Am Can be paled by dimmer light F Spin the tale of ages C G And get me through this night CHORUS Am C Tragedy takes a number F C G Beauty takes to flight Am C Reason's on vacation F C G And it's killing me tonight C There's a row of oleander G Am That divides your house from mine F Stifles words of anger C G And keeps the neighbours blind C There's a star set in the distance G Am Of a steely cold and grey F With lights on the horizon C G As we look the other way C And it's blue as in cerulean G Am It's the scent of new mown hay F Laugh and turn the pages C G When there's nothing left to say C And it's true that a thing of brilliance G Am Can be paled by dimmer light F Spin the tale of ages C G And get us through this night CHORUS Am C Tragedy takes a number F C G Beauty takes to flight Am C Reason's on vacation F C G And it's killing me tonight C There's a music in the silence G Am Of a spring that plays no more F A desert in our future C G And a knocking at the door C There's a peace for the unknowing G Am There's a warning to the wise F A smile upon the faces C G Of our ruin in disguise C And it's blue as in cerulean G Am It's the scent of new mown hay F Laugh and turn the pages C G When there's nothing left to say C And it's true that a thing of brilliance G Am Can be paled by dimmer light F Spin the tale of ages C G And get us through this night