You As You Were

Capo 2 E When you fall at the rocks At the bend at the river Abm With the blood from your nose Running hard on your fingers B A And through the rest of your life E Abm B A E The electric charge Of a change in the weather Abm You were touching my arm You were holding a feather B A And then I opened my eyes C#m As the World goes racing, suddenly changed B As the shock of the axe, it leaves you trembling C#m Like a busting shell in the small of your back B Or a job that's hard on the cast of your little lie And an animal life was surging away E And you were back on the road Through the worst of the Winter Abm Through the Valley of Lies Passing through like an arrow E Oh , if your vision collapsed And a storm from the river Abm Like a golden medalion Clutching tight in your fingers B But on the slope of the edge A Will you recover your life E You could stand on the back of a shuddering beam Abm With a pistol firing shots into the air E You could run in the blood of the Sun's hard rays Abm You could drive the mountains down into the bay B Or go back to the East where it's all so civilized A Where I was born to the life E But I am leaving the life I am leaving the life I am leaving the life I am leaving the life Abm I am leaving the life I am leaving the life I am leaving the life I am leaving the life B A E I am leaving