divers Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][F][Am][F]

[Verse 1]
The [Am]diver is my love
And I am his, if [G]I am not deceived
Who [F]takes one breath above
For every [Am]hour below the sea

[Verse 2]
[Am]
Who gave to me a jewel
Worth twice this woman's life,
[G]but would cost her less
Than [F]laying at low tide to see her
[Am]true love phosphoresce

[Verse 3]
And in [Am]an infi[C]nite regress
Tell me [Gm]why is the pain [Dm]of birth
Lighter [F]borne than the pain [C]of death?
I ain't [G]saying that I loved [F]you first
But I [C]loved [Bb]you best

[Verse 4]
[Bb]I kn[Am]ow we must abide
Each by the rules that [G]bind us here
The di[F]vers and the sailors and
the wo[Am]men on the pier

[Verse 5]
[Am]
But how do you choose your form?
How do you choose your [G]name?
How do you choose your life?
How [F]do you choose the time you must
ex[Am]hale and kick and rise?

[Verse 6]
[Am]And in an in[C]finite cap[G]size[C]
Like a [Gm]boat tearing down [Dm]the coast
[F]Double hulls bearing double [C]masts
I don't [G]know if you loved me [F]most
But you [C]loved me last
[Bb]

[Verse 7]
Re[Am]call the word you gave
To count your way [G]across the
depths of this arid world
Where [F]you would yoke the waves
that lay [Am]a bed of shining pearls

[Verse 8]
[Am]
I dream it every night
The ringing of the pail,
[G]the motes of sand dislodged
The shucking, quick and bright
[F]The twinned and cast off shells
reveal a [Am]single heart of white

[Verse 9]
[Am]
And in an infin[C]ite backslide
Ancient [Gm]boulders sink [Dm]past the west
Like a [Fm]sword [F]at the bearer's [C]fall
I can't [G]claim that I knew [F]you best
But did you know [C]me [Bb]at all?

[Verse 10]
A [Am]woman is alive, a woman is [G]alive
You do not take her for a sign
In [F]nacre on a stone, alone,
[Am]unfaceted and fine

[Verse 11]
[Am]
And never will I wed
I'll hunt the pearl of [G]death
to the bottom of my life
And [F]ever hold my breath 'til I
may [Am]be the diver's wife

[Verse 12]
[Am]
See how the in[C]finite divides
And [Gm]the divers are not [Dm]to blame
For [F]the rift spanning distant [C]shores
[G]You don't know my [F]name
But [C]I k[Bb]now yours