Intro:
   F G   Am G
   F G   Am
   G

Verse 1:
F
Wait a minute baby
G   Am
    Stay with me awhile
G   F
    Said you'd give me light
G                    Am
   But you never told  me about the fire

Interlude:
   G   F G   Am
   G

Bridge:
   F C F C F C F C F C F C
   F C F C F C F C F C

Verse 2:
F       C F C F C      F      C   F
Drowning        in the sea of love
C F C     F       C F C      F   C        F C F
    Where everyone     would love to drown
C    F            C F
 But now it's gone
C F   C       F          C   F C F C        F          C    F
   It doesn't matter what for      When you build your house
C F C         F C F   C
    Then call me  home

Bridge: F G Am F G Am F G Am

Verse 3:
F G Am           F        G Am             F   G Am
      And he was just like    a great dark wing
           F     G    Am
Within the wings of a storm
F G Am              F     G Am    F G Am              F G Am
      I think I had met my  match,      he was singing
F G Am      F     G Am F G Am      F    G Am F G Am    F    G Am
      And undoing,           and undoing           the laces
F G Am            F    G Am
      Undoing the laces

Interlude: F G Am

Interlude:
   F C F C F C F C F C F C
   F C F C F C
   F C F

Verse 4:
C     F    C F C F C          F       C       F
 Said Sara,        you're the poet in my heart
C F C F            C F C F C      F   C F C    F            C F
      Never change,         never stop     But now it's gone
C F   C       F          C   F C F    C        F     C    F
   It doesn't matter what for     But when you build your house
C F C         F C F   C
    Then call me  home

Bridge: F G Am F G Am F G Am F G Am

Verse 5:
F      G Am
Hold on
            F  G   Am        F        G        Am
The night is coming  and the starling flew for days
F G Am         F             G Am F           G Am       F     G  Am         F G   Am
      I'd stay home at night,     all the time    I'd go anywhere,  anywhere,   anywhere
           F   G     Am F   G Am
Ask me and I'm there,   yeah
           F   G     Am F G   Am
Ask me and I'm there,   I care

Verse 6:
F C F C F C      F          C F
          In the sea of love
C F C     F       C F C      F   C        F C F
    Where everyone     would love to drown
C    F            C F
 But now it's gone
C F     C  F       C          F      C F
   They say it doesn't matter anymore
C        F          C    F
When you build your house
C F C                F C F C
    Then please call me    home

Verse 7:
F  C  F C F C          F       C       F
 Sara,      you're the poet in my heart
C F C F            C F C F C               F      C F C F            C F
      Never change,        and don't you ever stop      Now it's gone
  C F   C       F       C     F
No   it doesn't matter anymore
C F C        F     C    F
    When you build your house
C F C         F C F C
    I'll come by

Bridge:
   F C F C F C F C F C F C
   F C F C F C F C F C
   F C F C F C F C F C F C
   F C F C F C F C F C

Outro (Fade Out):
   F C F C F C F C F C F C
   F C F C F C F C F C
   F C F C F C F C F C F C
   F C F C F C
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