G  Em7 Bm/D


[Verse 1]
G
Coal-black virgin spinning Above an open ocean
  Em7                   Bm/D
I hear, I feel, I need, I know
G
Seven sailors swimming, shipwrecked Seven smudgy mirrors
Em7                        Bm/D
         You gotta let 'em go

        Am7                  
Well I checked out the royal place
C                               G          Gmaj7
  Saw the babies all bathed in champagne
   Am7                  C
So many miles of dirt I traveled
                      G            Gmaj7
Just to park here in your shade


[Chorus]
Cmaj7           Em7          C C/B C/A C/G
Borne away on a wave of love
Am7             C
Borne away on a wave


[Interlude]
G  Em7 Bm/D x2


[Verse 2]
G
Well they picked poor Robin clean In the shadow ravine
Em7                         Bm/D
I seen the bones, I seen his teeth
G
Well, it's scrawled upon the streets Our enemy's victory's complete
              Em7                            Bm/D
And they'll be coming to collect within the next few hundred weeks

        Am7                      C
I get a little soft shiver in my shoulder
                               G        Gmaj7  
Cause I think there's someone watching
         Am7                       C
I get a little soft whistle in my ears now
                               G      Gmaj7
But I guess it's just time passing


[Chorus]
Cmaj7           Em7          C C/B C/A C/G
Borne away on a wave of love
Am7             C
Borne away on a wave


[Interlude]
G  Em7 Bm/D x2


[Verse 3]
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Blessed blue-black virgin shifting In the ocean's rhythm
Em7                   Bm/D
Partly living tissue, partly always hidden
G
Give me strength & vision Watch over the earth
              Em7                       
It's listing, lady, like it's almost broken
 Bm/D
Are my eyes now closed or opened?

    Am7                                  C
Our parents are fading out, fading out, fading out
                 G          Gmaj7
Into the fuzzy fuzz
  Am7                         C
"I can't", I gasp, I gasp and pant
                                G      Gmaj7
I can't get enough air into my lungs
           Am7             C
I see the bald head of a vulture
                        G     Gmaj7
Come cresting up the stairs
C                     Am7
Time holds me, greenish-brown
                       G           Gmaj7
And dying, in a studio somewhere


[Chorus]
Cmaj7           Em7          C C/B C/A C/G
Borne away on a wave of love
Am7             C
Borne away on a wave