My Ashes

[Intro] Dm  Bb2  G

Dm                    Bb2
All the things that I needed
G
Wasted my chances
Dm                  Bb2
I have found myself wanting

Dm                Bb2
When a mother and father
G             Dm
Gave me their problems
                Bb2
I accepted them all

Dm             Bb2
Nothing ever expected
G       Dm
I was rejected
                    Bb2
But I came back for more

[Chorus]

Bb                  A
And my ashes drift beneath the silver sky
        G                             A
Where a boy rides on a bike and never smiles
Bb                     A
And my ashes fall over all the things we said
     G                            F  D  A  F  D  A
On a box of photographs under the bed, the bed

( Dm  Bb2  G )

Dm                Bb2
I will stay in my own world
G
Under the covers
Dm               Bb2
I will feel safe inside

  Dm             Bb2
A kiss that will burn me
    G             Dm
And cure me of dreaming
                Bb2
I was always returning

( Dm  Bb2  G )

Bb                   A
And my ashes find a way beyond the fog
    G                               A
And return to save the child that I forgot
Bb                A
And my ashes fade among the things unseen
        G                         A
And the dream plays in reverse on piano-keys

Bb                 A
And my ashes drop upon a park in Wales
      G                                 A
Never ending clouds of rain and distant sails
            F  D  A  F  D  A
And distant sails, distant sails

F  D  A
Sails
F  D  A  F  D  A
Sails