Nightclothes

   Am    G        C
We crept from the room
    Am  G     C                F
The moonlight spilled down the hall
      Am G         C
And I tiptoed with you
        Am              G
Then we climbed out the window
    Am    G      C
And there in the yard
    Am   G       C              F
Our nightclothes blowing in the breeze
        Am     G         C
And you looked up at the sky
             Am            G
And said the moon would be ours

F            C                 G                       F
And all this time I hear those words like bombs in the distance
                C                     G           F
And oh my mind, I can still smell the rain in the air
                C
But time's gone by
                      G               F
And I'm not the kid I was on that evening
              C
And somewhere inside
                 G                         F
I hope you still see me just the way I was before I walked away

F C G

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Am  G       C
Mud on your dress
Am    G             C           F
Blood stains on the knees of my pants
    Am         G             C
And we went in search of the moon
           Am            G             C            F
'cause you said that you knew where it slept in the day
      Am       G      C
So we gathered up our tools:
  Am    G               C           F
A sling-shot in case it ran for the sky
      Am      G         C
And a blanket from your room, the one with no holes
      Am            G       C        F
So we could drag it all the way back home

F                           Am
And you said when we got it back
   C
We would cut it in two
F                         Am
And we'd wear the hide so magnificent
         G
And then I could control tides with you

F           C                     G
And I still hear the way that you laughed
                    F
When you found I believed you
                  C                   G
And I could still feel you pull on my arm
                F
When I was too afraid to go
             C                 G                          F
And all this time I hear those words like bombs in the distance
               C                     G           F
And my, oh my, I can still smell the dirt on our hands
            C
Cause in my head
              G                   F
You're still alive, you're still alive
                       C
And I know that it's a lie
               G                F
But it's one I like, it's one I like

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