The Great Elsewhere Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Em][C][G][C][Em][C][Em][Bm]
[Em][G]

[Verse 1]
[C]Talking,
what's it [D]good [C]for?[D][Bm]
[D]Abso[C]lutely [Bm]nothi[Em]ng[G]
[C]Wrestle, let's [D]wrestle[G]
You can [Bm]pin me to [Em]anything
[G][C][Em][C][Em]

[Verse 2]
[G]Thought I saw[C] you in my tea[D] leaves
Thought I [Bm]saw you in a f[Em]orest flame
[G]I'll [C]fil[D]l up the silen[C]ce wit[D]h the sound [Bm]of you[C]r h[G]oly name[Em]

[Interlude 1]
[C][D][Em]
[Bm][G][Em][Bm][Em][Bm][G][C][D]
[Bm][D][Bm][Em][Bm][Em][Bm][G]

[Verse 3]
[C]Knowledge of the sea-ways,
knowledge knowledge of [G]how the wa[Bm]ter f[D]lows[Bm]
[G]Whoever coined the phrase has never
had [C]to [Em]brave the [Bm]snow[Em]
[C]I climbed the shroud to the top-sail and and
I [D]peeked through [Bm]the g[D]lass[Bm][D]
[G]The[C] curvature bisected by
a [G]wintry [Em]mizzen mast

[Verse 4]
[Em]The[C][Em][C][D][Bm][Em]
[C][D][Bm][Em]
[C]scar upon my stomach,
I call it my Fly[Bm]ing [D]V
[Bm]And every time I show it,
I can feel your [Em]eyes on me
[C]How many islands will surrender
to the [D]blunderbuss?
[Bm]And how long must we s[G]ail before[Bm] you show your face[Em]

[Interlude 2]
to us?
[Em][C][D][G][Bm][Em]
[C][D][Bm][Em]
[G]
Followed him out [C]to the

[Verse 5]
end of the pier
"Don't [D]come any closer," he [G]cried
I am afraid of the man I'll
become if [Bm]I lay my
[Em]Life down for a people who I
don't even care [C]for
Face [G]to [C]his face, I put my
Hand [D]into [G]his and I tried to tel[D]l him[G] no
I've seen his work upon the
panes of cathed[Bm]rals
In [Em]the sweat of the workers

[Verse 6]
and the flight of the seagulls
[C]My words were drowned out by the sound
Of the mo[G]tors [D]and rowers,
[G]the ship as it ran aground
And from the trees came a
thousand soldiers
[Bm]I went dow[Em]n on my knees
with a spear in my shoulder
[C]About face, [G]about [C]face,
I swam back [G]to the [D]Victoria
I [G]shiver with the memory
Memory of the island dwellers
[Bm]And the [Em]indifferences of the Storyteller

[Outro 1]
[Em][C][D][Bm][Em][C][D]
[G]
[Bm][Em][Bm][D][G][Bm][D]
[A][Bm][D][G][Bm][D][C]
[G][G]