Elbow - The blanket of the nights

^CPaper cup of the boat ^CHeaving chest of the sea ^{F Ab}Carry both of us ^FCarry her, carry^C me

^CFrom the place we were born ^CTo the land of the free ^{F Ab}Carry both of us ^FCarry her, carry m^Ce

^FThe o---^Abcea ^Fn ^FThat bears us from our hom^Ge Could save ^Cu ^Gs Or ^Gtake us for it's o^Fwn

That life should lead us^G here My ^Can g^Gel Could I have steered us ^Cclear?

^CGone, the light from her eyes ^{Ab C}With the lives that we made ^AbJust the two of us ^FIn the ni^Ebght on the wa^Cves

^CMoving silent her lips ^{Ab C}By the moon's only light ^AbSowing silver prayers ^FIn the blanke^Ebt of nigh^Ct

^FThe o ^Abcea ^Fn That bears us from our hom^Ge Could save ^Cu ^Gs Or take us for it's ow^Fn The dan ^Abger ^F That life should lead us ^Ghere My an ^Cge ^Gl Could I have steered us c^Clear?

^CPaper cup of the boat ^CHeaving chest of the sea ^{F Ab}Carry both of us ^FOr, swallow her, swallow ^Cme