Calexico - Midnight sun

They say the king of ^F#birds And the queen of ^F#hearts Wore each other's ^G#m/F#keys Before they called the wedding ^F#5off And all the feathers rained ^F#down And the town fell a^F#sleep Pulling on the ^G#m/F#poems For the midnight ^F#5sun Pulling on the ^B/F#poems For the midnight ^F#sun

Yeah, she shook the ^F#ground (Shook the ground) With every ^F#breath (Every breath) Tossed his troubles a^G#m/F#side (Troubles aside) Made a shrine of every ^F#5mess Well, a woman ap^F#peared (Woman appeared) With a guillotine ^F#smile (Guillotine smile) She handed him a ^G#m/F#rose (Handed him a rose) Then he turned to ^F#stone She handed him a ^B/F#rose And he turned to ^F#stone

Then they laid him in the ^F#creek Where the river ran ^F#dry To the mouth of ^B/F#wisdom And the end of ^F#doubt Then the woman reap^F#peared With a blank spread ^F#smile Took him by the ^B/F#rose Then he turned to ^F#stone Yeah, she handed him a ^B/F#rose Left him all a^F#lone

Well, they lifted the ^F#stone (The stone) And the mapped the ^F#stars (The stars) Brought back the ^G#m/F#keys (Keys) And unlocked their ^F#hearts (Their hearts) And the birds re^F#turned (The birds) With songs in their ^F#eyes (Their eyes) With maps to the ^G#m/F#world (The world) Never ^F#seen Maps to the ^B/F#world Never ^F#seen