INTRO: Am  Am7 Am F  

Am                    Am7         F
I walked a spiralling village one night
Em                     G         F
Drawn by the word of a bell or a light
G                        E7        Am     Am7
Out on the flats, saw it rose to a spire
            Am    F      C           Am
All becomes clear as the tide falls away


Am                      Am7     F
Parent and child and an ocean between
Em                       G         F
One is not heard and the other not seen
G                     E7                   Am     Am7
Too many bottles, but each had a message inside
            Am    F      C           Am   Am7
All becomes clear as the tide falls away
            Am    F      C           Am
All becomes clear as the tide falls away


INTERLUDE: Am  Am7  F  Em  G  F   

G                     E7                
Lucky we are when the stars leave us singing
  Am                       F                     C
A hymn or a dirge when the surge of the ocean is gone
  F
Is gone


INTERLUDE: Am  Am7 Am F  


Am                     Am7           F
And the old woman just stares at her hands
Em                  G           F
So many heroes have crumbled to sand
G                         E7        Am    Am7
All those cathedrals were merely by men
            Am    F      C           Am   
All becomes clear as the tide falls away
                  F      C           Am   Am7
All becomes clear as the tide falls away
           F
All falls away