Verse 1 C F Dead to the world my body was sleeping' C F On my mind was nothin' at all C F Come a mist, an air so appealing C F F I'm here a whisperin', you summoned, I called Verse 2 C F I formed me a presence whose aspect was changing' C F Oh, he would shift, he would not shift at all C F We sat for a while, he was very engaging' C F F And when he was gone, I was gone on a smile Chorus Dm With a strange way of walking' F And a strange way of breathing' Dm F More lives than a cat that led me astray Dm F All in all, he captured my heart C Dm F C Dead to the world and I just slipped away Verse 3 C F I heard me a music that drew me to dancing' C F Lo, I turned under his spell C F I opened my coat but he never came closer C F F I bolted the door and whispered, oh well Chorus Dm With a strange way of walking' F And a strange way of breathing' Dm F More lives than a cat that led me astray Dm F All in all, he captured my heart C Dm F C Dead to the world and just slipped away Instrumental C F x 5 Verse 4 C F I laid in the rushes, the air was upon me C F Wondering', well, I just couldn't discern C F Will he come back, come back to me? C F F Oh, I whispered will you ever return? Verse 5 C F I was feeling' sensations in no dictionary C F He was less than a breath of shimmer and smoke C F The life in his fingers unwound my existence C F F Dead to the world alive I awoke Chorus Dm With a strange way of walking' F And a strange way of breathing' Dm F Less than a breath of shimmer and smoke Dm F The life in his fingers unwound my existence C Dm F C Dead to the world alive I awoke Outro C F Alive I awoke G Am (Alive) C F Alive I awoke G Am (Alive I awoke) C F Alive G Am (I awoke) C F I awoke G Am (I awoke) C F I awoke G Am (Alive) C F Alive, alive, oh G Am (Alive) G Am (Alive) C F Alive, alive, oh C F Alive, alive, oh