[Verso 1]
 
C           Cmaj7                     F 
If I should die without a Bible in my hand 
          Cmaj                         F C 
I pray my bones shall point across the sand 


[Refrão]
 
       Cm               C 
To the shimmering distance 
    Cm                 F    C 
The shimmering distant love 


[Verso 2]
 
            Cmaj7                        F 
If I should live without a feeling in my heart 
   Cmaj7                               F  C 
To bad. It's never been there from the start 


[Refrão]
 
           Cm               C 
But in the shimmering distance 
          Cm                 F   C 
There's a shimmering distant love 


[Ponte]
 
Cmaj7                        F 
Time goes by ain't that a surprise 
Cmaj7                    F 
Time to live and time to die 
        Cm              C 
In the shimmering distance 


[Verso 3]

              Cmaj7                        F 
First you get old and then you start to disappear 
         Cmaj7                         F  C 
You look faint, you're so difficult to hear 


[Refrão]
 
           Cm               C 
But in the shimmering distance 
          Cm                 F   C 
There's a shimmering distant love 
       Cm               C 
In the shimmering distance 
          Cm                 F F7 C 
There's a shimmering distant love