The Bright Blue Rose

	  		


verse 1 
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I skimmed across black water, without once submerging 
C                              G 
Onto the banks of an urban morning 
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That hungers the first light, much, much more than the 
C         G    C 
Mountains ever do 


verse 2 
C                               F 
And she like a ghost beside me, goes down with the ease of a dolphin 
C            G 
And emerges unlearned, unshamed, unharmed 
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For she is perfect creature, natural in every feature 
    C        Am             G          C 
And I am the geek with the alchemists' stone 


Bridge 
F           G              C 
For all of you who must discover, 
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For all who seek to understand, 
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For having left the path of others 
Bb             F            G 
You'll find a very special hand 


verse 3 
C                           F 
And it is a holy thing, and it is a precious time 
C                  G 
And it is the only way 
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Forget-me-nots among the snow, it's always been and so it goes 
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To ponder his death and his life eternally 


verse 4 
C                           F 
And it is a holy thing, and it is a precious time 
C                  G 
And it is the only way 
C                                   F 
Forget-me-nots among the snow, it's always been and so it goes 
C             Am            G        C 
To ponder his death and his life eternally 


Verse 5 
C 
One bright blue rose outlives all those 
F 
Two thousand years and still it goes 
   C          Am            G        C 
To ponder his death and his life eternally