Soft Offering For The Oft Suffering

	  		
Intro: Dm Eb 

    Dm    Eb           Dm   Gm 
the long knife of the sun rising  
F           Bb           F      Bb     Eb 
up the horizon and into our tired eyes  

    Dm    Eb           Dm   Gm 
the spell of night is struck down  
F           Bb           F      Bb     Eb 
our second sight is bleeding out  

F                 Bb           Eb 
anna. can i come and walk you home?  
F                 Bb           Eb 
i‘m not gonna wanna be alone  
F                 Bb           Eb 
beaten up when the sunlight comes  
F                 Bb           Eb 
bullied and cut by the clock on the wall 

Bb                           F       Gm      
take the morning and the chlorinous light 
Bb                           F       Gm      
you can have the afternoon. bury the evening too  
Bb                           F       Gm      
give me gathering calm of the night 
Dm       Eb             Dm          Eb 
when the day is done and the rest is coming on  

Bb                           F       Gm      
under the pitch and the pull of the moon  
Bb                           F       Gm      
sweet silver medicine swim in my temples and  
Bb                           F       Gm      
bring in the shadows to cover our flaws  
Dm       Eb             Dm          Eb 
when the pain is gone and the rest is coming on  

Bb      F       Gm      
Bb      F       Gm      
Bb      F       Gm      
Dm   Eb     Dm    Eb 
Bb 

    Dm    Eb           Dm   Gm 
you belong out of that uniform  
F           Bb           F      Bb     Eb 
out in the streets when everyone else is asleep  

 Dm    Eb           Dm   Gm 
see the way the body sways  
F           Bb              F            Bb     
in empty air when there's nobody there 
             F    Bb    Eb  
and you don‘t even care if there is  

F                 Bb           Eb 
anna can i be to you like that?  
F                 Bb           Eb 
cover your shame with a shield of black  
F                 Bb           Eb 
cover your body with my trembling hands  
F                 Bb           Eb 
have you dancing while i hold them back 

Bb                           F       Gm      
hold back the morning and her chlorinous light  
Bb                           F       Gm      
have at the afternoon. bury the evening too  
Bb                           F       Gm      
let‘s have the gathering calm of the night  
Dm       Eb             Dm          Eb 
when the day is done and the rest is coming on  

Bb                           F       Gm      
under the pitch and the pull of the moon  
Bb                           F       Gm      
sweet silver medicine swim in my temples and  
Bb                           F       Gm      
bring in the shadows to cover our wounds  
Dm       Eb             Dm          Eb 
when the pain is gone and the rest is coming on 

Bb      F       Gm      
Bb      F       Gm      
Bb      F       Gm      
Dm   Eb     Dm    Eb 
Bb