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[Em]I was just bo[D]ny han[A]ds as 
c[Em]old as a winter pole[D][A]
[Em]you held a w[D]arm stone o[A]ut 
new f[Em]lowing blood to hol[D]d[A]
[Em]oh what a [D]contrast[A] you 
w[Em]ere to the brutes in the hall[D]s[A]
[Em]my timid young f[D]ingers h[A]eld 
a d[Em]ecent animal[D][A]

[G]Over the ra[D]mparts you tossed
[G]the scent of your [D]skin and 
some foreign flowers
[G]tied to a b[D]rick sweet as a s[F]ong
the years have been s[C]hort but 
the days were lon[D]g

[Em]Cool of a t[D]emperate br[A]eeze 
from d[Em]ark skies to wet gr[D]ass[A]
[Em]we fell in a f[D]ield it se[A]ems 
now a th[Em]ousand summers passe[D]d[A]
[Em]when our kite lines firs[D]t 
cros[A]sed w[Em]e tied them into kno[D]ts[A]
[Em]and to finally f[D]ly a[A]part 
we h[Em]ad to cut them off[D][A]

[G]Since then it's been a b[D]ook
you read in rev[G]erse
so you understand l[D]ess as the pages turn
[G]or a movie so cr[D]ass and awkwardly [F]cast
that even [C]I could be the sta[G]r

[C]I don't[D] look back m[F]uch as a r[G]ule
[C]and all [D]this way before 
[F]murder is [G]cool
[C]but your [D]memory is here 
and I'd [G]like you to [C]stay
a warm ligh[D]t on a winter's day

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[G]Over the ra[D]mparts you tossed
[G]the scent of your sk[D]in and 
some foreign flowers
[G]tied to a br[D]ick sweet as a s[F]ong
the years have been sh[C]ort but the 
days go slowly b[F]y
two loose k[C]ites falling from the sky
[F]drawn to the gro[C]und and an 
end to fli[D]ght