Boy & Bear – End Of The Line (Guitar)

G
The end of the line

             C
A calamity at first sight

                      Am
Now the man in me don't walk right

                         D   D7
Just like a pebble in my shoe

G               [C] G
But you were a wanderer;

                C
And a competent one at that

                        Am
So it caught me by surprise this venerability

                        D
That I never thought I had

            Em
But you tried so hard to say oh

C               G
everything you wanted to

                Am   G   D
But with an aching tongue-

   Am                       G   D
Oh you spat out at the world now not of words

          D7        C          G
but at the pearl that had belonged to her

        C                       G
So I went back to the country

       C                        G
where the air was mild and sweet

Am              
I was in need of some reprieve and intermission

                    D
Oh to gather up my things and to get back upon my feet

              C                 G
But I cant say I've got the answers

         C              G
For it's always shades of grey 

Am
But there's a warmth in the air in mid-September 

        D
And its enough across my face just to 

                C              G     [C]   G
Remind me that I'm well upon my way

G
And I feel the ease

C
Man I feel it tingle in my toes

                         Am
How funny are the way that these memories do grow

              D
Into some old french film in black and white

G             [C]-G
And I know the ropes

                      C
Because you see I've said goodbye to some lovers

                Am
Fleshed out and tied to each other

            D              
By that invisible string it tangles me

Em
And when that morning came up fast well it

C                G
Broke the fever square upon its back

Am   G    D
and finally I felt just like I should

  Am         G
oh the blood under my fingers warmed

D                           C        G
the clearing of two month storm now done...

            C           G
So I went back to the country

       C                        G
where the air's now bitter sweet

Am              
as subtle is the change of my indifference 

           D
Oh but strange is how this solitude 

            C           G
and I can't wait 'till the morning;

     C                         G
be it sunshine, hail or snow 

        Am
see I do not believe in superstition 

           D   
But somewhere amongst this mess

       C                                G     [C]   G
I may have found some happiness to call my own

       Am              D7
Oh and time is a healer

C                   G
time is a friend of mine

Am               D7
in time if you feel it

C                   G
would you be a friend of mine

       C                                   
oh I hope you're a friend of mine