The Waterboys – Gala (Guitar)

Em
Gala hangs from the window frame

          C
dressed in black and white

D
Her face is colourless

       Cadd9
in the moonlight

    Em
She turns around and her lips move

        C
but the words just drop away

    D
She leans on the back of a chair

        Cadd9
and her arms begin to sway

Em
She and I can hear voices

               C
talking in the room next door

       D
Saying things we used to say

              Cadd9
that we can't believe in any more

           Em
We've seen too many castles crumble

         C
made too many innocent mistakes

               D
Who could have known that one house

      Cadd9
could hold so much heartbreak?

             G
And then the clockbell rings the wind blows in

Dm
Gala makes for the door

    Am
Her eyes blaze and her hands are shaking

    Dm
She opens her mouth and ROARS

Am
Gala doesn't want Gala doesn't need

    C
She claws at her face with her nails till it bleeds

    F
She runs down the stairs in her poor bare-feet

          Em                 G
She's too woman to cry or go down on her knees

Dm
Then her mother is there and her voice is soft

Bb
She pulls Gala close

C
She soothes Gala's cuts and gently chides

   Am    A
And Gala knows

     Dm
That Gala shouldn't worry

    Bb
She needn't be afraid

                  C
Because there are sailors on the sea tonight

 Am               A
In ships that God made

      Dm
Look! They cast out the line with a

Bb
heave two three four

         C
And they sing as they pull

Am  A          Dm  Bb  C  Am  A
our lost souls aboard