Blue Hen

Intro: Notes B F# A B A G (x4) Verse A Fires of the lighthouse burning in the bay Bm Waters of the sound sleeping through the day A Ostrich of the night half buried in the sand Bm Nearer comes the man, sickle in his hand A Battles in the back seat, soap box car Bm Black-bolt lightning car I don't care who you are A Fires of the lighthouse, sound of the guitar Bm ? regard [Refrão]A C#m Death where is thy sting? In the trails of F#m Sunfish sails and curve stitch string? A C#m Black mass ghosts of half-chewed hosts F#m Off the Henlopen coast in the saltwater spring A C#m You arrive washed up in the tide Normally alive F#m with your consolation boots of Spanish inquisition eyes A C#m Prancing around the stage at your advancing age F#m Offering stale communion to the presbyters of time? Verse A Cousins on the swing set, rabbits in the grass: Bm Is it too much to ask to reproduce the past? A Stories of the ice boat wreck kept us warm Bm Sheltered from storm on the ocean floor [Refrão]A C#m And in the morning, we rest in Corinthian headdress F#m On couches of ivory A C#m And wake in the moonlight Like badgers at midnight F#m To friends made in factories somewhere (louder) A C#m You'll know where to find us, our best years behind us F#m Barefooted pilgrims at shrines of our youth: A C#m 'Our joy was electric, our circles concentric...' F#m Converging on statues of permanence [Refrão]A C#m Death where is thy sting? F#m You ought to put more thought into what you bravely sing A C#m Aft-mast ships of straw-short bricks F#m You'll soon see exactly where my victory is A C#m The spring to its slumber Your lighthouses black F#m Like virginal slumber I'll break like the lap A C#m Of your Delaware shore Your Blue Hen remains F#m Will dissolve at my door Like a teaspoon of salt in the rain [Refrão]And I'll wrap up your absence In blankets of reverence A mastodon shadow Divided by zero A C#m And comfort your family With words like eternity F#m And friends made in factories somewhere