Jeff Daniels - Overboard

^DmTruth lives ^Fnext to ^Cconsequence, and comes and goes like w^Bbinter winds ^DmBlowing ‘^Fcross the straits one ^Cnight, cold as death and real a^Bbs sin Dm F            C     Bb And I loved her, and she loved me, bound for what was meant to be               C But trouble travels silently— Dm F C Bb         Dm F C There’s a girl in Michigan, up in Lake Superior, who’ll never bother us again ^CMakin’ our lives ea^Bbsier Dm F C     Bb C Dm F C Bb With alibis so paper-thin, now that she is over me and over you, and overboard. ^DmGuide me t^Foward that lonely ^Clight, it’s your beacon in the n^Bbight. ^DmNow row us st^Fraight back to that s^Chore, with frozen hands and muscles^Bb sore. Dm F      C Bb C And my back against your back, we glide along the water, black, both knowing there’s no turning back. Dm F C Gm    Dm F C There’s a girl in Michigan, up in Lake Superior, who’ll never bother us again ^CMakin’ our lives ea^Gmsier Dm F     C Bb C With alibis so paper-thin, now that she is out of sight and out of mind and overboard. ^GmShe was never gonna le^Bbt us go, had a h^Fold on me and a cu^Crse on you. ^GmAnd as she lay there pale^Bb on that shore, with her eyes gone b^Flack where they once were ^Cblue ^GmShe could see me for the first time. ^{Bb Gm Dm}There’s a g^Firl in Mic^Chigan, who’s overbo^Bbard— ^DmTruth moved ^Fon from conseque^Cnce, just when things were maki^Bbng sense. ^DmHer body w^Fashed back onto s^Chore, discovered by a neighbor^Bb boy. ^DmAnd now she’s i^Fn our lives again, the t^Chree of us in sh^Bbadows.