from the album Scott 4 (1969)
by Scott Walker
(D-tuning)
Intro:
DFCD
Verse I:
DF#mEB
I've come far from chains, from metal and stone
AEB
From makeshift designs, I'm seeking a star
DF#mEB
To grab for the truth, to keep myself one
AEB
I turn and it's gone gone, you smile and it's born
Chorus I:
DAG
The rhymes of a woman, a river that never ends
DAG
The Rhymes of dimension, surrounds us with fire and friends
F#mBmGF#m
And roaring through darkness, the night children fly
DAGCD
I still hear them singing the rhymes of goodbye
Verse II:
DF#mEB
"There's nothing within, but within", says a voice
AEB
"That's still my empire, and I've got a choice"
DF#mEB
It's heedless of death, it's still got a fire
AEB
And I'll keep it burning, with hands of desire
DF#mEB
The bells of our senses can cost us our pride
AEB
Can toll out the boundaries that level our lives
DF#mEB
Can slash like the sunlight through shadows and cracks
AEB
Our nakedness calling, our nakedness back
Chorus II:
DAG
The rhyme of our passions, find beauty in loving love
DAG
The rhyme of our madness, burns cities and push and shoves
F#mBmGF#m
And roaring through darkness, the night children fly
DAGCD
I still hear them singing the rhymes of goodbye
Outro:
CD