White Shadow Waltz
G♯
G♯
Abandoned by all her admirers
Abandoned by all her admirers
Cm
Wild white shadow waltz
Wild white shadow waltz
Stands
C♯
alone on a stair down the hall
alone on a stair down the hall
Just one
B♭m
slip from a trip and a
slip from a trip and a
E♭
fall.
fall.
In a
G♯
cold morning holding her lighter
cold morning holding her lighter
Cm
One white shadow waltz
One white shadow waltz
C♯
Stirs, sputters and stalls
Stirs, sputters and stalls
B♭m
Wakes, wavers, and
Wakes, wavers, and
E♭
walks right through her prison
walks right through her prison
Cm
walls.
walls.
Cm
She says the doorbell is ringing
She says the doorbell is ringing
Cm
G
G
Go see who it is
Go see who it is
G
B♭
B♭
Our little island’s sinking into
Our little island’s sinking into
Fm
Mist.
Mist.
A
G♯
day came, a night went, it lightened
day came, a night went, it lightened
An
Cm
animal broke his way out
animal broke his way out
C♯
Moped through a scattering crowd
Moped through a scattering crowd
And
B♭m
crawled back to his circus
crawled back to his circus
E♭
shell.
shell.
And
G♯
circling the zoo’s screaming clients
circling the zoo’s screaming clients
Cm
Was white shadow waltz
Was white shadow waltz
C♯
Deaf to their torn breaths and calls
Deaf to their torn breaths and calls
Wait
B♭m
take a look closer hey
take a look closer hey
E♭
he’s hardly moving at
he’s hardly moving at
G♯
all.
all.
Cm
She says there’s someone knocking
She says there’s someone knocking
Cm
G
G
Go see who it is
Go see who it is
G
B♭
B♭
Our world is shaking I guess
Our world is shaking I guess
Fm
Our little world is breaking in the
Our little world is breaking in the
G♯
Presence of all our despisers
Presence of all our despisers
We’ll
Cm
falter and crawl into our bed
falter and crawl into our bed
The
C♯
world is a black shadow bled
world is a black shadow bled
And
B♭m
what is this tune in my
what is this tune in my
E♭
head?
head?
She says it’s
G♯
just the white wind when it whimpers
just the white wind when it whimpers
And it’s
Cm
just the black rain when it squalls
just the black rain when it squalls
It’s just
C♯
white meat whistling a waltz
white meat whistling a waltz
It’s just
B♭m
nine hands wiping a
nine hands wiping a
E♭
white shadow off of the
white shadow off of the
G♯
walls.
walls.
G♯
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