The News About William
CalexicoVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
4 in the morning the sidewalk's asleep
Dogs on the porch,
Spiders on the leaf
Shipwrecked by night sailing through days
Nobody noticed the slipping away
Connecting the dots with thorns in his side
Boarded up the Windows with pain and with pride
The music box broken that once was his soul
Its sad little song spinning out of control
Then came the storm that washed the roads out
Closed both his eyes and pointed straight south
Second line drums marched into the sea
While the clouds overhead cried "mutiny"
They parted for Cathy and her bitter news
As her words fail and the sky grew dim
Recalled how close to that exit l've been
Ours not to reply, ours not to reason why
The news about William
The lifeline retreats
Desire for release
The thorns in his side
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Readable chord sheet for The News About William by Calexico
[Am]4 in the morning[C] the sidewalk's asle[Am]ep [Am]Dogs on the porc[C]h, [C]Spiders on the lea[G]f [G]Shipwrecked by nigh[Dm]t sailing through da[Am]ys [Am]Nobody noticed[E] the slipping aw[Am]ay [Am]Connecting the d[C]ots with thorns in his s[Am]ide [Am]Boarded up the Wind[C]ows with pain and with pr[G]ide [G]The music box broken[Dm] that once was his s[Am]oul [Am]Its sad little song [E]spinning out of cont[Am]rol [G]Then came the storm [C]that washed the roads ou[G]t [G]Closed both his eyes[C] and pointed straight sout[G]h [G]Second line drum[Dm]s marched into the s[Am]ea [Am]While the clouds ove[E]rhead cried "mutin[Am]y" [Am]They parted for Cath[E]y and her bitter n[Am]ews [Am]As her words fail an[Dm]d the sky grew d[Am]im [Am]Recalled how close t[E]o that exit l've b[Am]een [C]Ours not to re[Am]ply, [C]ours not to reason w[Am]hy [C]The news about Willia[G]m [F]The lifeline retreat[C]s [F]Desire for relea[Am]se [Am]The thorns in his side