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C/F F
Between us
Bb
The streets are swept away
C/F F Bb
The tablecloth is all the world
Ab Cm F
The rest is just the passing day
Gm C7 Eb Dm
Outside of this are Soho and the far-flung islands
Bb C Bb
The stripjoints in the alleys and the grainhulks anchored in the bay
C/F F
Between us
Bb
The wristwatch comes to rest
C/F F Bb
The sunlight's in your hands and eyes
Ab Cm F
By which the bread and wine are blessed
Gm C7 Eb Dm
Away from here are Soho and the green seas in the west
Bb C Bb C/F F
The trainee seagulls contour-flying through the swell's long trough and crest
Bb Gm Dm
Between us there is nothing but the shadow
Gm C Bb9
Of the future that will never let us go
C F
To be together
Bb Gm Dm
Between us there is nothing but the snowline
Gm C Bb Ab
Of the country where you will not be mine
Eb/Bb Bb
Its savage wea - ther
C/F F
Between us
Bb
A wineglass learns to cry
C/F F Bb
But only we will reach the end
Ab Cm F
The rest is just a passing-by
Gm C7 Eb Dm
Outside of this are Soho and the mangrove deltas
Bb C Bb C/F F
The dustbins in the doorways and the Spanish goldtrails in the sky
Bb Gm Dm
Between us there is nothing but a promise
Gm C Bb9
Of the future that will make no place for us
C F
To be together
Bb Gm Dm
Between us there is nothing but the condor
Gm C Bb Ab
And the miles of air towards the valley floor
Eb/Bb Bb
A falling fea - ther
C/F F Bb
Between us
C/F F
There is no - thing
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