The Gymnast, High Above the Ground Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G]

[Verse 1]
[G]The gymnast,
[D]high [G]above the ground,
Limbers up and falls timber town
Ankles splayed and all tied
The [D]gym[G]nast [Em]long[G] has a[D]rr[G]ived[Bm]
[G]Las[Bm]y, yo[D]ur[G][Em]
[A]long [D]sister[Bm] lays[G][Bm]
Wait[G]ing [Em]out this long
[D]lig[G]ht bri[Bm]gade
[D]Prayed [G]for [Em]snow a long [G]time[D][G]
[Bm]And [D]lazy, it l[G]ong[Em][A]
[Em]has [G]arrived
[D][G]

[Verse 2]
[C]
Through the tarlatan holes
You've been slipping,
been slipping [G]away[C]
And the weather will hold
It's been ever, so ever, [G]so gray

[Verse 3]
[G]
And [Em]here as we're [G]coming down
We're [C]sounding out: it's a [Cm]terrible,
[C]terrible [Em]tide
[D]As it [G]lights upon your [C]eye

[Verse 4]
But [Em]there on [G]the motorway, reeks
of [C]marmalade,
It's [Cm]a chemical, chemical [C]ki[Em]nd
As it [G]lights upon your [C]eye...
[Am]Lights upon your [C]eye

[Interlude 1]
[C][Em][D][Bm][D][G][Em]
[D][G][Bm][G][Em][G][D][G][Em][G][Em][Bm]
[Em]

[Verse 5]
The [Bm]bosun [D]cal[G]l[Em]
[D]s u[Em]pon t[Bm]he quay[G]
[Bm]Compass [G]gone[Em],
he long [D]has [G]lost his [Bm]way[G][Bm]
To [D]light[G]house [Em]shine, to calm tide
[G]The[D] bos[G]un [Bm]long[D][G][Em][D]
[Em]has [D]arri[Bm]ved
[G][D][G]

[Verse 6]
[C]
Through the tarlatan holes
You've been slipping,
been slipping [G]away[C]
And the weather will hold
It's been ever, so ever, [G]so gray

[Verse 7]
[G]
And [Em]here as we're [G]coming down
We're [C]sounding out: it's a ter[Cm]rible,
ter[C]rible [D]tid[Em]e
As it [G]lights upon your [C]eye

[Verse 8]
But [Em]there on [G]the motorway, reeks
of [C]marmalade,
It's a chem[Cm]ical, chem[C]ical [Em]kind
As it [G]lights upon your [C]eye...
[Am]Lights upon your eye

[Interlude 2]
[C][Em][G][C][G][C][Em]

[Verse 9]
April [G]marches [C]on[Em]
[G]April marches [C]on
[Em]April [D]mar[G]che[C]s on
[Em]April [G]marches on