I don't actually know if this is the original key, but it's easy to play,
even after the key change. It's not really a guitar song but what I tried
to illustrate in the chords is that I think it should start out simple and
get more complex as it goes on. You can elaborate on that by switching from
slow, even strums to faster and more syncopated strums. I feel like it
should break open at "another winter" and again at "the moon's a fingernail."
I also put in four chords at the end that I think make a nice ending. Comments welcome please.
C
I watch the Western sky
C
The sun is sinking
G
The geese are flying South
F
It sets me thinking
F
I did not miss you much
G
I did not suffer
F
What did not kill me
C
Just made me tougher
CF
I feel the winter come
C
His icy sinews
G
Now in the fire light
FG
The case continues
F
Another night in court
G
The same old trial
FG
The same old questions asked
C
The same denial
CF
The shadows close me round
C
Like jury members
G
I look for answers in
FG
The fire's embers
F
Why was I missing then
G
That whole December
FG
I give my usual lie:
C
I don't remember
Am
Another winter comes
G
His icy fingers creep
F
Into these bones of mine
C
These memories never sleep
GF
And all these differences
G
A cloak I borrow
F
We kept our distances
FGC
Why should it follow I must have loved you
AmG
What is the force that binds the stars
FCG
I wore this mask to hide my scars
AmG
What is the power that pulls the tide
FCG
I never could find a place to hide
AmG
What moves the Earth around the sun
FCGF
What could I do but run and run and run
F
Afraid to love, afraid to fail
FG
A mast without a sail
DAD
The moon's a fingernail and slowly sinking
AGA
Another day begins and now I'm thinking
GA
That this indifference was my invention
GA7
When everything I did sought your attention
DA
You were my compass star
D
You were my measure
A
You were a pirate's map
GA
A buried treasure
G
If this was all correct
A
The last thing I'd expect
G
The prosecution rests
A7D
It's time that I confess: I must have loved you
GAAD