C 
In the calling out to one another 
       G 
Of the lovers up and down the strand 
Dm 
In the sound of the waves and the cries 
       G 
Of the seagulls circling the sand 
 
C 
In the fragments of the songs 
                 G 
Carried down the wind from some radio 
Dm 
In the murmuring of the city in the distance 
G 
Ominous and low 
 
C                     G   
I hear the sound of a world where we played 
        Dm                           G 
And the far too simple beauty of the promises we made 
 
Am               F 
If you ever need holding 
C             G 
Call my name, I'll be there 
 
Am              F 
If you ever need holding 
       C                          G 
And no holding back, I'll see you through 
 
C   G 
Sky blue and black 
Dm     G 

 
C 
Where the touch of the lover ends 
        G 
And the soul of the friend begins 
          Dm 
There's a need to be separate and a need to be one 
      G 
And a struggle neither wins 
 
C 
Where you gave me the world I was in 
      G 
And a place I could make a stand 
              Dm 
(And) I could never see how you doubted me 
         G 
When I'd let go of your hand 
C         G 
Yeah, and I was much younger then 
      Dm                    
And I must have thought that I'd have known 
   G 
If things were going to end 
Am                   F 
And the heavens were rolling 
C                 G 
Like a wheel on a track 
Am                F 
And our sky was unfolding 
C                     G 
 And it'll never fold back 
 
C            G 
Sky blue and black 
Dm     G 

 
         Am 
I'd have fought the world for you 
          F 
(I'd have fought the world for you) 
     C                    G 
If I thought that you wanted me to 
       Am                     G 
Or put aside what was true or untrue 
       C 
If I'd known that's what you needed 
G 
What you needed me to do 
 
C                  G 
But the moment has passed by me now 
        Dm 
To have put away my pride 
              G 
And just come through for you somehow 
 
Am              F 
If you ever need holding 
C            G 
Call my name, I'll be there 
Am              F 
If you ever need holding 
       C                          G 
And no holding back, I'll see you through 
 
C 
You're the color of the sky 
                  G 
Reflected in each store-front window pane 
Dm 
You're the whispering and the sighing 
      G 
Of my tires in the rain 
C                                           G 
You're the hidden cost and the thing that's lost in everything I do 
Dm            G          C 
Yeah and I'll never stop looking for you 
 
G Dm G 

 
C 
In the sunlight and the shadows 
        G 
And the faces on the avenue 
 
Dm     G 

 
C 
That's the way love is 
G 
That's the way love is 
Dm 
That's the way love is 
G            C 
Sky blue and black