Cooksonia Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Em][E][Esus4][E][Em][E]

[Verse 1]
[Em]I've given
the better part of [E]my days
To the [Em]con sid[E]erat[Em]ion
[E]of [B]small [E]things
Gingerly [Em]went unpick[E]ing the seams
Of a long dried- up [Em]stream (ya-
[E]ho, ya- ho, ya- ho)
Dwelling at [Em]length inside [E]the
mad [B]waltz[E]
Of spores on a gust [Em]of
[E]the [Em]mind's [E]hair[B][E]
And when [Em]I dream I [E]really go
To that ocean [Em]of stone [E](ya-

[Interlude 1]
ho, ya- ho, ya- ho)
[E][F#][E][F#][E][F#][E][B]
In the [E]shadowed shallows

[Verse 2]
[E]
our spirit wells
[Esus4]Move clos[E]er, move cl[A]oser[Esus4][E]
On the radio I hear the blue hills
[Esus4]Move clos[E]er,
here and [Em]there[B]
[Baug][Em][B][E]

[Verse 3]
[E]When I was young,
[Em]the better part of my days[B][E][B][E]
Were spent to the nurs
[Em]ing of my mu[B]m[E][Em][E]
I found my [Em]pleas[E] ur[Em]e whenever I co[E]uld
[Em]In tennis an[E]d pi[Em] ano[E] (ya-
ho, ya- ho, ya- ho)
[Em]And though we were half- broke
I managed [E]to go
To study at the Uni[Em]versity
[E]of [Em]Mel b[C]ou[E]rne[C][E]
Mel[B]bourne

[Interlude 2]
[E]

[Verse 4]
In the shadowed [E]shallows our spirit wells
Move closer, move closer
On the radio I hear the blue hills

[Interlude 3]
Move closer, here and there
[E]

[Verse 5]
[E]A week a[Em]t sea,
the better part [E]of my days
Holed up in the cab[Em]in lo[E]st
[B]in [E]boundles[B]s stu[E]dy
I'm [Em]on my way to the U[E]K
With Ethel McLennan (ya-
ho, ya- ho, ya- ho)
[Em]Unfortunately the fungal cultures
[E]we brought with us
[A]Have star[E] ted to de[Em] grade
[E]

[Verse 6]
[Bbdim]There are [F#]no b[E]irds
[F#]No b[E]ushes or trees
[F#]No b[E]easts nor people

[Outro 1]
Only this single stem
[E]