Verse IBm I find the mAap and draw a sGtraight line
Bm Over rAivers, farms, and sGtate lines
Bm The distance frAom 'A' to where Gyou'd 'be'
Bm It's only fAinger-lengths that GI see
Bm I touch the pAlace..G.
Bm where I'd find your fAace..G.
Bm My fingers inAcreasGes
Bm of distant dark pAlacGesVerse IIBm I hang my coAat up in the fGirst bar
Bm There is no peAace that I've foundG so far
Bm The laughter pAenetrates my Gsilence
Bm As drunken mAen find flaws in Gscience
Bm Their words mostly AnoisGes
Bm Ghosts with just AvoicGes
Bm Your words in my AmemoGry
Bm Are like music Ato mGe
ChorusBm I'm miles from
Dwhere you are,
I
A lay down on the
G cold ground, I,
Bm I pray that something
Dpicks me up
And
A sets me down in your
C warm arms..
C*..
Verse IIIBm After
AI have traveled
Gso far
Bm We'd set the f
Aire to the t
Ghird bar
Bm We'd share each
Aother like an
Gisland
Bm Until exha
Austed, close our
Geyelids
Bm And dreaming, pick
Aup from
GBm The last place we
Aleft o
Gff
Bm Your soft skin is
Aweep
Ging
Bm A joy you can't
Akeep i
Gn
ChorusBm I'm miles from
Dwhere you are,
I
A lay down on the
G cold ground, and I,
Bm I pray that something
Dpicks me up
And
A sets me down in your
C warm arms
Bm I'm miles from
Dwhere you are,
I
A lay down on the
G cold ground, and I,
Bm I pray that something
Dpicks me up
And
A sets me down in your
C warm arms..
C*..