SOFT AS CHALK So the other tab of this one on this site wasn’t a COMPLETE waste of time… but you’ll enjoy this far better: D C So, so long ago G D And so far away D C When time was just a line G That you fed me D When you wanted to stay D C We'd talk as soft as chalk G D Till morning came, as pale as a pearl D C No time, no, no time G D Now, I have got all the time in the world D Bb Say, honey, did you belong to me Eb Dm F Tell me, honey, was your heart at rest when, darling C All the mourning doves were howling us Bb Dm C Dm F Dm A song of love's oh god-awful lawlessness, law-less-ness! D Bb Say, honey, did you belong to me Eb Dm Tell me, honey, did I pass your test F C I lay, as still as death, until the dawn Bb Dm C Whereupon I wrested from your god-awful lawlessness, Dm F Dm Law-less-ness! D C I roam around the tidy grounds G C Of my dappled sanatorium D C Coatless, I sit amongst the moles, adrift G D And I dote upon my pinesap gum D C And the light, through the pines in brassy tines G D Lays over me, dim as rum D C And thick as molasses, and so time passes G C And so, my heart, tomorrow comes D I feel you, leaning Bb Out back with the crickets Eb Dm Loyal heart marking the soon-ness darkness F C Tonight, still the mourning doves Bb Will summon us their song Dm C Dm F Dm Of love's neverdoneing lawlessness, law-less-ness! D While, over and over Bb Rear up, stand down, lay round Eb Dm Trying to sound-out or guess the reasons F C To sleep like a soldier, without rest Bb But there is no treason Dm C Dm F Dm Where there is only lawlessness, law-less-ness! Dm MIDDLE SECTION: Dm, Bb, Gm, C Dm, Bb, Gm, C faster Dm, Bb, Gm, C Dm, Bb, Gm, C Eb In the last week Gm Of the last year I was aware C# I took a blind shot, across the creek Ab At the black bear Eb When he roused me in the night C# And left me cowering with my light Calling out Ab Fm Who is there Cm Who's there Eb Who is there Bb, Fm, Am, C Dm, Bb, Gm, C Dm, Bb, Gm, C Dm, Bb, Gm, C Dm, Bb, Gm, C Eb I watched you sleep Gm Repeating my prayer C# Give love a little shove Ab And it becomes terror Eb And now I am calling In a sadness beyond anger C# And beyond fear Ab Fm Who is there Cm Who's there Eb Who is there Bb, Fm, Am, C, D D, C, G, D D, C, G, D D I glare and nod C Like the character, God G D Bearing down upon the houses and lawns D I knew a little bit, C But, darling, you were it G C And, darling, now it is long gone D C Sweetheart, in your clean, bright start G D Back there, behind a hill, and a dell D C And a state line or two, I'll be thinking of you G D Yes, I’ll be thinking and be wishing you well D C G D We land, I stand, but I wait for the sound of the bell D C G C I have to catch a cab and my bags are at the carousel D C D And then Lord, just then, time alone will only tell You morning dove