INTRO:
Em Em Em Em
VERSE:
Em Am
Sunflower growing on a narrow raft in a fog bank on the Thames
B Em
Adrift above the tide slime where nothing holy swims
Em Am
Wherever did it come from likely bird shit someone said
B Em
Just a random freak of nature that refuses to play dead
Em Am
Oh to be that stand up straight past seven feet or more
Bm Em
Aye she ain’t no faux silk pansy boys what washed up on the shore
Em Am
So let us stop and marvel for as long as we can spare
B Bm Em
Seems you have no need for heaven when your hearts already there
CHORUS:
G D Em
Would that I should be so bold,
C G D
Greatest story never told
Am Bm Em
Worth the wait in solid gold,
C D Em Em
Would that I should be so bold
VERSE:
Em Am
I dreamed on sunshine skyway bridge ‘tween Tampa and St. Pete
B Em
Titanic and the iceberg and the twain still yet to meet
Em Am
I was running long side Jesus Christ plumed helmet and red cape
B Em
When I vowed unto the Prince of Peace to aid in his escape
Em Am
When I felt the spear go in me from the right side to the left
Bm Em
I was streaming Mississippi see Bob Dylan, Love and Theft
Em Am
When Jesus turned to thank me for the gift of second sight
B Bm Em
I waved him off “No worries man, I think I’ll be alright”
CHORUS
G D Em
Would that I were born again,
C G D
Makes no difference where or when
Am Bm Em
Knowing now what I knew then
C D Em Em Em Em
Would that I were born again
VERSE:
Em Am
From the rainbow eucalyptus stands beyond the River Styx
B Em
To the blood falls in the Arctic it’s at least eight thousand clicks
Em Am
You can get there as the crow flies headed north from Singapore
Bm Em
Ah but you better get a move on ‘fore she melts down to the core
Em Am
When a red dawn in an angry sky portends blue rue and ruin
Bm Em
It’s that wanna be a rich guy who pretends there’s nothing doing
Em Am
But if that ticking time bomb ‘neath the Yellowstone should blow
Bm Em
Ah, it’s adios amigo see you somewhere down below
CHORUS:
G D Em
Would that we should e’er forget
C G D
Things that haven’t happened yet
Am Bm Em
That someday we might regret
C D Em
Would that we should er’r forget
C D Em Em Em Em
Would that we should er’r forget