Sleeping at Last – Slow And Steady (Ukulele)

Cm               Gm
You carved our initials

Cm               F
Into these family trees

Cm                       Gm
But when the branches are bare and broken

Cm                F
Love is so hard to reach

 Cm              Bb Dm        Bb      Dm
We've learned to brace for the worst

   Gm Dm Eb
And to

  Bb          Dm  Bb        Dm
To read the last pages first

          F
Surrender feels safe

Eb                                         Gm
Maybe the soul is the soil that holds the fallen seed

Eb
Or the light pouring down in between the rain clouds

       Bb        F
Daring life to reach

Eb                             F
Or maybe it's the rings in the trunk of the tree

   Gm                Dm
A birthmark time will leave

Eb              F
 To measure the past

 Gm                     F
But we can't dream when we're wide awake

Gm                     Dm                  Gm      Dm Gm Cm
Or fall in love with a heart too strong to break

         Bb Dm        Bb    Dm
Faith is expensive to taste

   Gm  F  Cm
And time

        Bb  Dm          Bb    Dm
Time is borrowed loose change

       Bb      F
That's already been spent

Eb                   Gm
Maybe the soul is the tone of voice

Eb                     F         Gm     Dm
That unearthed the words that we needed...

Eb                                           Gm         Dm
Maybe the soul is a suitcase that holds the backup plan

Eb                            F
A collection of keys and the patience we need

     Bb    F
To start again

Eb                             F
Maybe it's the thresholds that swallow us whole

   Gm              Dm
As we learn to let go

Eb               F           Bb
In spite of the dirt on our clothes