Sleeping at Last – Quicksand (Ukulele)

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"QUICKSAND" BY SLEEPING AT LAST (Standard tuning)
                  F                 Am
There are wires in between

               Dm                 G
Human heart and machine.

           F            Am
I will wait for mountains

      Dm                    G
To tell me youre okay

       F                                   Am
On paper my future will lay.

    Dm                         G
Ill fold every failure into a crane.

               C
Trust is quicksand,

                 Em                 C
Claiming everything I have,

           F                              C                    G
All to give me life, all to give me life.

Am               
Slow down, hide your eyes!

        G                      C
The sun is setting fire

Am
Through glass, branches deep.

  G                       C
I cough only to breathe.
C x8 measures
               C
Trust is quicksand,

                 Em                 C
Claiming everything I have,

           F                              C                    G
All to give me life, all to give me life.

C
One thousand more to go,

                         Em                     C
Ill send every prayer from below.

          F                          C          G
I was swallowed by a whale.

Am
Slow down, youre all words

         G         C           
And love is made of yarn.

Am
Scissors,

Am
A slip of the hand, a slip of the tongue;

         G                        C              Am 
God knows I meant no harm,

C                  Am
I meant no harm.
Am, G, F, Em, F
G,                           F                                     Em  F
In between every promise and lie there is a kiss.

G,                                F                                Em F
In between tempers and suitcases there is a kiss.

G,                           F                                     Em F
In between medicine and the sick there is a kiss.

G,                               F                                       Em  F
In between arrows, aim, and release, there is a kiss.
(end on G)