Dar Williams - The Tide Falls Away 



Intro: Am  Am7 Am F   

Am                    Am7         F 
I walked a spiralling village one night 
Em                     G         F 
Drawn by the word of a bell or a light 
G                        E7        Am     Am7 
Out on the flats, saw it rose to a spire 
            Am    F      C           Am 
All becomes clear as the tide falls away 


Am                      Am7     F 
Parent and child and an ocean between 
Em                       G         F 
One is not heard and the other not seen 
G                     E7                   Am     Am7 
Too many bottles, but each had a message inside 
            Am    F      C           Am   Am7 
All becomes clear as the tide falls away 
            Am    F      C           Am 
All becomes clear as the tide falls away 


INTERLUDE: Am  Am7  F  Em  G  F    

G                     E7                 
Lucky we are when the stars leave us singing 
  Am                       F                     C 
A hymn or a dirge when the surge of the ocean is gone 
  F 
Is gone 


INTERLUDE: Am  Am7 Am F   


Am                     Am7           F 
And the old woman just stares at her hands 
Em                  G           F 
So many heroes have crumbled to sand 
G                         E7        Am    Am7 
All those cathedrals were merely by men 
            Am    F      C           Am    
All becomes clear as the tide falls away 
                  F      C           Am   Am7 
All becomes clear as the tide falls away 
           F 
All falls away 


OUTRO: Am  Am7  Am  F