Verse Section - alternate between Am ( or A5 or A ) and C until the chorus



Verse 1

the wheels are spinning inside of my head

the wheels are spinning inside of my head

they don't know, they don't know

the leaves listen to what I say

the leaves listen to what I say

they don't know, they don't know

it's a stab in the dark



Chorus

[Dm]the light slept on the [C]riverbed

[Dm]the light slept on the [C]riverbed

[Dm]slipped into the [Bb]shadows

and landed like a [C]figurehead



Verse 2

the moral night is the darkest night

the moral night is the darkest night

they don't know, they don't know

I cut my feet on the white shell road

I cut my feet on the white shell road

they don't know, they don't know

it's a stab in the dark



Chorus

[Dm]the light slept on the [C]riverbed

[Dm]the light slept on the [C]riverbed

[Dm]slipped into the [Bb]shadows

and landed like a [C]figurehead



Solo over the the Am C thingy ( that might be A C )



[A]then I saw her [E]runn[F]ing

[A]down, down in the [E]gard[F]en

[G]her hair was flowing round and brown

[G#m]tumbled and stumbled to the ground and [Am]died



the leaves listen to what I say

the leaves listen to what I say

they don't know, they don't know

I cut my feet on the white shell road

I cut my feet on the white shell road

they don't know, they don't know

it's a stab in the dark



the light slept on the riverbed

the light slept on the riverbed

slipped into the shadows

and landed like a figurehead



they don't know ...



it's a stab in the dark