Josh Ritter – Beautiful Night (Guitar)

D                 D/C#              D/B                D/A
  Up here in the crow's nest I am swimming through the breeze

          G              D/F#          Em             A
One last memory from the sun as it is setting by degrees

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And high above an albatross is following its light

            G              D/F#        Em         A        D
And I will sing to her as she flies by   on this beautiful night

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Ahead is the horizon, always changing it stands fast

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Far behind me are the desert islands shipwrecks of the past

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And I have seen the cannons sounding in the early morning light

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But I have left my battles for the day  on this beautiful night

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Lonely are the sailors they're on this journey too

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And each of us must make our unknown way upon the blue

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So tonight we cast our worries float jetsam on the tide

       G                D/F#   Em        A         F#m
And we watch them echo far away  On this beautiful night

        C#m
The flat earth may end

        Em                   A7            A
We may sail off the edge and not be seen again

     F#m                                 C#m
So I    sing and hope my song will form a rope of golden cords/chords

        Em                                A7             A
So that I can rescue someone else should they fall overboard

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  Some of us are pirates and some of us are damned

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But all of us need all of us to ever find the land

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And though the Passage of Good Hope may seem     like a needle's eye

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We're floating on tranquility    on this beautiful night

D               D/C#            D/B                  D/A
Up here in the crow's nest I am swimming through the breeze

         G               D/F#   Em      A
One last memory from the sun...