Selling Rope Swan Dive To Estuary

Intro: C F Am C F Am C As I swan dive into the estuary, the birds do not flinch at my fall F G Am C F Dm C They perch in the rafters, before, during, after: They do not notice me at all F Am C F Am C As I float down into the estuary, wind cases my body in cool F G Am C F Dm C I smell petrol fumes, see the smoke rise in plumes: The earth is one big fireball F Dm C The earth is one big fireball G C Anecdote, lie G C My own alibi F G C I've been telling jokes G C Piled notes high G C My own alibi F G C I've been selling rope F Am C F Am C As I break the film of the estuary, the seaweed submerges my form F G Am C F Dm C No passing cars stop, not a single jaw drops, as my wallet and keys sink before F Dm C A splash all I left in the world G C Anecdote, lie G C My own alibi F G C I've been telling jokes G C Piled notes high G C My own alibi F G C I've been selling rope F G Am C F Dm C Once held a magpie in the palm of my hand and the blood in our veins flowed faster, as I'd planned F G Am C F Dm C Got a heart full of love and a head full of more but a fist full of threads from the seams F Dm C And I saw a smile in that beak G C Anecdote, lie G C My own alibi F G C I've been telling jokes G C Piled notes high G C My own alibi F G C I've been selling rope F G Am C Oh I was a bird right then, one day I will be again F Dm C I've been telling jokes while selling rope to you F G Am C Oh I was a bird right then, one day I will be again F Dm C I've been telling jokes while selling rope to you (at 3:59) C Am x5 (at 4:53) Dm C x4 F G Am C Oh I was a bird right then, one day I will be again F Dm C I've been telling jokes while selling rope to you F G Am C Oh I was a bird right then, one day I will be again F Dm C I've been telling jokes while selling rope to you F G There's no ticker-tape, no pearly gates Am C No carnival and no parade F Dm C Just one, one for sorrow F G There's no ticker-tape, no pearly gates Am C No carnival and no parade F Dm C Just one, one for sorrow