Bears Vision Of St Agnes

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Let ~ ring

(Em may not be played every time/at all; Up to you)

[Bm]Barren rocks and sand, our [G]wooden sculpture hands,
held like a [Bm]timber hitch, [D]held ca[Em]ndles to the [G]sun
[Bm]Both faint and fading fast,[G] we walked on, windward
kept time with a [Bm]pocketmouse, [D]mouths k[Em]ept mostly [G]shut
[Bm]Thought broke the silence like a [G]bone
half-moaned: "you've worn me like an alb[Bm]atross,
[D]I've o[Em]nly slowed you [G]down.

[Bm]You could've long traded in your braided cr[G]own
by now you could've found that [Bm]Anabaptist girl [D]you a[Em]lways used to go on [G]about

Thanks to mxerscott for the "Chorus" tab:
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[Bm]As we rode in circles on our [G]bicycles;
we walked on [Bm]balance beams[D] as [Em]the audience c[G]heered for us
[Bm]We burned like fevers under c[G]arriage hats
hid behind [Bm]Venetian masks
[D]In o[Em]ur human cost[G]umes

[Bm]We stood like statues once in s[G]hepherd's check
we'll both be decked in [Bm]herringbone,
[D]wrapped b[Em]order drab [G]around already broken ironstone"
[Bm]"But I've seen these cliffs before,
[G]St. Agnes brought her palm branch to the hos[Bm]pital
[D]looked u[Em]pward lest the c[G]harm had fled

from my brother's breathing bed

[PLAY SOFTLY]
[Bm]And when he died I shut his [G]dogtooth violet eyes:
He looked just like [Bm]me
c[D]limb o[Em]n down and s[G]ee
[Bm]they laid him on the rocks [G]below
there'll be enough to fill your [Bm]cup for days
[D]I'll st[Em]ay up here and re[G]st.

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[LOUD AGAIN]
[Bm]We'll fly in straight lines as from carr[G]onades
we'll crash like t[Bm]idal waves,[D] decimat[Em]e the isl[G]ands
[Bm]As our hollowed lumber falls like w[G]ater, ends where I start
In that tattered[Bm] rag shop b[D]ack i[Em]n Asbury Pa[G]rk

:
[Bm]  [F#m]
[Em]  [Bm]

Look how soon my hands won't move
but if you'll improve, we'll all improve
Sixty feet and my feet won't move
but if you'll improve, we'll all improve
Forty feet, my legs won't move
but as you improve, we all improve
Fill our den with acorn mast,
I'll wake before the salmon pass
Ten foot more and nothing moves"

[Bm]  [F#m]
[Em]  [Bm]

Special thanks to mxerscott for tabbing the horns during the outro:

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