Dar Williams - The tide falls away

^AmI walked a spiralling ^Am7village one ^Fnight ^EmDrawn by the word of a ^Gbell or a ^Flight ^GOut on the flats, saw it ^E7rose to a ^Amspire ^Am7 All becomes ^Amclear ^Fas the ^Ctide falls a^Amway

^AmParent and child and an ^Am7ocean be^Ftween ^EmOne is not heard and the ^Gother not ^Fseen ^GToo many bottles, but ^E7each had a message in^Amside ^Am7 All becomes ^Amclear ^Fas the ^Ctide falls a^Amway ^Am7 All becomes ^Amclear ^Fas the ^Ctide falls a^Amway

^GLucky we are when the ^E7stars leave us singing A ^Amhymn or a dirge when the ^Fsurge of the ocean is ^Cgone Is^F gone

^AmAnd the old woman just ^Am7stares at her ^Fhands ^EmSo many heroes have ^Gcrumbled to ^Fsand ^GAll those cathedrals were ^E7merely by ^Ammen ^Am7 All becomes ^Amclear ^Fas the ^Ctide falls a^Amway All becomes clear ^Fas the ^Ctide falls a^Amway ^Am7 All falls a^Fway