Opening: (Fm Bbm C) x 2 

           Fm Bbm     C 
There's a gold shadow seeping through the door 

           Fm Bbm     C 
There's a cold sparrow lying still upon the floor 

Fm              Ab 
Dead and true as lipstick 

F#                   Fm 
Slow as the speed of skin 

          C#     Bbm       C 
There's a gold, gold shadow growing from within 


*next verse is the same:* 


           Fm Bbm     C 
There's a bent willow in the moonlight painted blue 

           Fm Bbm     C 
There's a spent window silhouetting you 

Fm              Ab 
Deep and true as whiskey 

F#                   Fm 
Soft and sure as lies 
          C#     Bbm       C 
There's a bent, bent willow reflecting in your eyes 


Chorus: 


Ab                  C#              Ab 
But now there's a girl out in a boat 
                   C#                           Ab 
Her arms are outstretched and she's barely afloat 
                      Bbm                    Fm 
There's a man on the shore, a rope in his hands 
                  C#                                 Ab 
It's tied to the boat, and he's pulling as hard as he can 
                     C#                           Ab 
Not to bring her to him, but to pull the whole shore 
                         C#                 Ab 
and the whole world with it to her open door 

( 
                      C# 
All his voices are her 
                      Ab 
All his voices are her 

) x 2  

        F#              C#       C 
Has he been here before? 
Nobody's sure 

Verse again (same chords): 

There's a silver distance, a luminescent glimpse 
There's a river of resistance, dried to cracks upon your lips 
Brittle as believing 
Sticky as betrayal 
There's a silver distance opening up like a trail 

Chorus again (same chords): 

There was a time before all the leaves 
covered the beauty of Adam & Eve 
And they were blind, and they were free 
To be whatever they wanted to be 
But now they are just a prayer in a song 
And he is so sorry for all that went wrong 

All his voices are her 
All his voices are her 

Has he been here before? 
Has he been here before?