D               C             G      Em
   I said, "I'm just a servant to my base desires"
D                  C              G              Em
   She said, "I'll tell you a few things, free of charge:
D                 C           G                Em
   Steer clear of jagged rock, tread careful at the higher level
D                  C              G     Em                  D C G Em
   This ain't no game, but you can play if that's what you want"

D C G Em

                D           C          G        Em
Then she said, "We are just paper boats bobbing adrift afloat
D                 C               G                Em
   While winds of fortune shove us where they will"
D                C            G             Em
Woke up coughing on the shore, cold outcrop broken, sore
D                  C            G                 Em
   Back on the mainland, the chimps were coming up trumps


[Chorus]
          A                           C
And all I saw was burning blue fading into blinding white
         G                                 A
Wade out past the rotting pier, out to the open water
         C                           G
Son of a red roof city, and her, the full moon's daughter
            A                     C
Back on the mainland, back on the mainland
                G                           Em
Cool change was rolling over, black sky was getting lower
            D C G Em
On golden sand

D C G Em


[Verse]
D              C          G             Em
   We stared into the haze, ocean merging with sky
D                   C              G     Em
   And talked about the land of our fore-mothers
D                 C             G            Em
   Now that we've shut the gate, it would be funny if it
D               C               G
Didn't make you want to cry
        Em
This is just the bed we've woken up in


[Chorus]
          A                           C
And all I saw was burning blue fading into blinding white
         G                                 A
Wade out past the rotting pier, out to the open water
         C                           G
Son of a red roof city, and her, the full moon's daughter
            A                     C
Back on the mainland, back on the mainland
                G                           A
Cool change was rolling over, black sky was getting lower
                  C                G
Green dreams were folding over, as we sailed off the mainland


[Solo]
A C G  x4

A                       C
   Never coming off the line
                G
Wake up feeling fine
                        A
Her eyes under pale moonlight
                  C
Far corner of the earth
                   G
Tripping up on the edge
               A C G
Big impossible now