Castaways

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without capo

chords:
chords (always pick)
    B2
e|——7—9———|
B|——7—7———|
G|——8—8———| alternate and put finger
D|——9—9———| sometimes on e string fret 9
A|————————|
E|————————|

    G#2
e|———0———|
B|———0———|
G|———8———|
D|———6———|
A|———————|
E|———————|

B2

By shadowing

all the

G♯2
darkened fields

of for

F♯
gotten words

and

G♯
civilian

F♯
lives

Through

B
violence

through the

G♯
changing guards

through the

F♯
grinding away

and the furious

G♯
march

F♯
ing

By

B
gathering

the

E
holy

F♯
light

and

B
weathering

a

E
cast away

F♯
life

and the

C♯m
rising fear…

B2

The

B
hollowness

of the

G♯
flags and gods

that are

F♯
raised in the air

in the wake of their

G♯
ra

F♯
ging…

Your

B
skinny arms

hold a

G♯
lantern up

on the

F♯
brightest array

of the stars in

G♯
their

F♯
moorings

and

B
summoning

the

E
holy

F♯
light

on their

B
citadels

the

E
blackening

F♯
sky

The

C♯m
collapsing sun

the burning

F♯
wall

that approaches

G♯
our eyes…

F♯

G♯ F#

you

B
live again

in the

E
shuddering

F♯
light

of these

B
images

this

E
valedic

F♯
tion:

you are

G♯
running from a rising tide

F♯

you are

B
castaways

WITH CAPO

By

A
shadowing

all the

F♯m
darkened fields of for

E
gotten words

and ci

F♯m
vilian

E
lives

through

A
violence

through the

F♯m
changing guards, through the

E
grinding away

and the furious

F♯m
mar-

E
ching

by

A
gathering the ho

D
ly lig

E
ht

and

A
weathering a cast aw

D
ay

E
life

and the

Bm
rising fear—

The hollowness

of the flags and gods, that are raised in the air

in the wake of their raging-

Your skinny arms

hold a lantern up on the brightest array

of the stars in their moorings

and

A
summoning the

D
holy lig

E
ht

on their

A
citadels the blacke

D
ning

E
sky

the col

Bm
lapsing sun, the burning

E
wall

that approaches our

F♯m
eyes

E
-

you live again in the shuddering light

of these images this valediction:

you are running from a rising tide

you are castaways

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