Columbus

Intro: 
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G                                   Bm 
Better keep your distance from this whale, 
D                                   G   Gadd11 
 Better keep your boat from going astray, 
G                                       Bm 
 Find yourself a partner and treat them well, 
D                                   G   Gadd11 
 Try to give them shelter night and day, 
                   F 
'Cause here in the blue light, 
D                  F 
 Far away from the fireside, 
D                F                     C 
  Things can get twisted and crazy and crowded, 
               D 
You can't even feel right. 
 

 
                Bb 
So I dream of Columbus, 
      C 
Every time the panic starts, 
             Bb 
I dream of Columbus, 
          C 
With your maps and your beautiful charts, 
             Dm 
I dream of Columbus, 
Em         F                   C    C 
There's an ache in a traveling heart. 
 

 
G                                Bm 
See how the cormorant swoops and dives, 
D                           G   Gadd11 
Must be a thrill to go that deep, 
G                             Bm 
 Down to the basement of this life, 
D                                 G   Gadd11 
 Down to where the mermaid gently sleeps, 
                     F 
Not like here in the blue light, 
D                  F 
 Far away from the fireside, 
D                 F                        C 
 Where things get twisted and, haunted and crowded, 
               D 
You can't even feel right. 
 

 
                Bb 
So I dream of Columbus, 
      C 
Every time the panic starts, 
             Bb 
I dream of Columbus, 
          C 
With your maps and your beautiful charts, 
             Dm 
I dream of Columbus, 
Em         F                   C    C 
There's an ache in a traveling heart. 
 

 
       Dm        C 
As the tide must ebb and flow, 
     Bb           Dm     Bb 
I am dragged down under, 
           C 
I wait the livelong day, 
       Gm        Dm    Dm 
For an end to my hunger. 
 

 
                Bb 
So I dream of Columbus, 
      C 
Every time the panic starts, 
             Bb 
I dream of Columbus, 
          C 
With your maps and your beautiful charts, 
             Dm 
I dream of Columbus, 
Em         F                   C    C 
There's an ache in a traveling heart. 
 

Outro: 
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