Intro F G/F Am/F G/F
 
F               G/F  
Wait a minute, baby. 
Am/F             G/F
Stay with me a while. 
F                    G/F
Said you'd give me light 
              Am/F               G/F
But you never told me about the fire.    
 
F Dm Bb C 
 
F               Dm 
Drowning in the sea of love 
      Bb                  C 
Where everyone would love to drown. 
    F 
But now its gone. 
           Dm 
It doesn't matter what for. 
         Bb  
When you build your house, 
     C 
Then call me home. 

F-G/F-Am/F 2x G            
 
           F 
And he was just like a great dark wing 
           G 
Within the wings of a storm. 
              F 
I think I had met my match. 
       G           F 
He was singing and undoing. 
      G 
And undoing. 
         F 
Ooh, the laces. 
            G 
Undoing the laces. 
  
F Dm Bb C 

     F 
Said Sara. 
           Dm 
You're the poet in my heart 
Bb  
Never change. 
C 
Never stop. 
F 
But now it's gone.  
           Dm 
It doesn't matter what for. 
             Bb                       C 
But when you build your house, you better call me home.        

F-G/F-Am/F 2x G

F
Hold on. The night is coming. 
        G 
And the starling flew for days. 
         F 
I'd stay home at night all the time. 
       G 
I'd go anywhere, anywhere, anywhere. 
           F 
Ask me and I'm there. Yeah. 
           G 
Ask me and I'm there, 'cause I care. 
   
 
F       Dm 
In the sea o' love 
      Bb                  C 
Where everyone would love to drown. 
    F 
But now it's gone. 
            Dm 
They say it doesn't matter anymore. 
       Bb  
If you build your house, 
           C 
Then please call me, call! 
 
F                Dm 
Sara, you're the poet in my heart. 
Bb  
Never change, 
              C 
And don't you ever stop. 
 
      F 
Well, now it's gone. 
            Dm 
No, it doesn't matter anymore. 
           Bb  
When you build your house, 
         C 
I'll come by. 
 
F Dm Bb C (Ahh, Sara, Ooh...)