Down The Burning Ropes


Capo on first fret Am G Am Am G F G Am F G Am Intro: Am Am When the hills let go Slowly fade into the water like some ancient lover G On a ship filled with ghosts Am It's something to behold Am When the paper thin girls With twisting little braids in their hair, G They take off their coats and throw Pebbles and stones from the side of the boat, F Crying out G Am The stones they float, the stones they float F G Am Oh my God, the stones they float, the stones they float Am Down the burning ropes Past the places where the steal beams meet concrete skies G You make your bed under the moonlight Am I think it's time we said goodbye Am Cause nothing moves in the warm air And words that once would cut like a knife, G They just hang in the cloud and you're Pushed by the lord, F But you're pulled by the crowds and G Am You're overboard, you're overboard F G Am Oh my God, she's overboard, she's overboard Am G F (last two strumming) My love she's overboard Am G F (strumming) She's overboard Am G F My love she's over board Some uuuhs and aaaaahs with Am G F Am Not a shell unbroken In the valley where my heartache and the timbers lay G It's not the time to be hanging around here Am You know what some might say Am That people get too reckless That even with the simplest of crimes They leave, blood behind, G F As I clean the knife for the very last time G Am I think she knows, I think she knows F G Am Oh my God, I think she knows, I think she knows I think she know Uuuuhs and aAaahhs with Am G F Enjoy