White Chalk Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Am]White chalk [C]hills are all [G]I've [Dm]known
[Am]White [C]chalk hills will rot [G]my [Dm]bones
[Am]White chalk [C]sticking to [G]my shoes
[Dm]White [Am]chalk [C]playing [G]as a child

[Interlude 1]
with you
[F][Dm][C][G][Dm][C]
[G]

[Verse 2]
[Am]White chalk stands [C]again
[Dm]st t[G]ime[Dm]
[Am]White chalk [C]cutting down the
[G]sea at [Dm]Ly me
I walk families by [Am]the C[C]er[Dm]ne[G][Dm]
On [Am]a path cut [C]fifteen hun
[G]dred years [Dm]ago

[Verse 3]
And [F]I know
These [G]chalk hills will rot my [Am]bones

[Interlude 2]
[C][G][Dm][Am]
[C][G][Dm][Am][C][G][Dm]
[Am][C][G][Dm]

[Verse 4]
[Am]Dorset's [C]cliffs [G]meet at [Dm]the sea
[Am]Where I [C]walked our un
[G]born child in [Dm]me
[Am]White chalk, [C]gorse-scattered [Dm]land[G]
[Dm]land
[Am]Scratched my [C]palms,
there's [G]blood on my hands