Verse 1
 
C                    G 
As I'll awaken in my room 
C                         G 
The curtains drawn, the sun outside. 
D                       D7 
I think of her I feel no pain 
Fm                      C          G 
As if I didn't hit a wall last night. Mmm 
 
Verse 2
 
C                       G 
I hurt my head, must be alive 
C                          G 
There's music playing in the yard 
D                     D7 
Then I almost write a poem 
Fm                    C       G 
A moth is dying on the window sill 
C     G 
And i inhale 
 
Verse 3
 
C                          G 
I lie and wait for things to change 
C                           G 
To lift the weight of this delirium 
D                D7 
The picture of a cockatoo 
Fm                 C          G 
In a fancy frame she bought before 
C             G 
She flew the coop 
 
Chorus
 
G     D  C   G  D     G   C 
Hear it roaring watch it spin 
G     D  C     G  D     G   C 
This is where the waves begin 
G     D  C   G  D     G   C 
See it churning hear it sing 
G  D   C   G   D         G 
So we let the tide roll in 
 
Verse 4
 
C                          G 
I think of what I'll do tonight 
C                          G 
A cat is running down the corridor 
D                  D7 
A river free a man insane 
Dm                        Am         D 
The silly music downstairs keeps on playing 
        G           C 
And it's last years song 
Am     D         G 
30 days without sun 
 
Bridge
 
D                              D7 
Your voice is strong and comes and goes 
Fm 
Echoing softly 
Am        D 
Back and forth 
G      C 
And I've been 
Am       D     G       C 
Falling back into the poems 
Am     D      G 
That I almost wrote 
 
Chorus
 
G     D  C   G  D     G   C 
Hear it roaring watch it spin 
G     D  C     G  D     G   C 
This is where the waves begin 
G     D  C   G  D     G   C 
See it churning hear it sing 
G  D   C   G   D         G 
So we let the tide roll in