Joanna Newsom - The divers wife
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The other tab on here is wonderful; the only problem I had with it is that the chords
stop once the progression repeats. So I posted pretty much the same one but de-lazified.
So please enjoy The Diver's Wife, my favorite of Joanna Newsom's new unreleased songs
TAmhe diver is my love
and GI am his, if AmI to be deGceived
who Fmaj7takes one breath above for eve-ry
Amhour below the sea
Who gAmave to me a jewel
worth Gtwice this woman's Amlife, Gthough it cost her less
than Fmaj7laying at low tide to see
her Amtrue love phosphoresce.
And in an Cinfinite regress,
tell me Gmwhy is the pain of Dmbirth
lighter Fborne than the pain of Cdeath?
I ain't Gsaying I loved you Ffirst,
but I Cloved you Bbbest.
I Amknow we must abide
each Gby the Amrules that Gbind us here:
the Fmaj7divers and the sailors and
the Amwomen on the pier.
How Amdo you choose your voice?
How Gdo you choose your Amname? How do you choose your Glife?
How Fmaj7do you choose the time you must
exhaleAm and kick and rise?
And in an Cinfinite capsize,
like a Gmboat tearing down the Dmcoast,
double Fhulls bearing double Cmasts.
I don't Gknow if you loved me Fmost,
but you Cloved me Bblast.
AmRecall the word you gave
Gto count your Amway across the depths of this aGrid world,
Fmaj7where you will yoke the waves that lay
Ama bed of shining pearls.
AmI dream it every night:
Gthe ringing of the pail, the Ammotes of sand dislodged, the sGhucking, quick and bright
Fmajthe twinned and cast off shells reveal
Ama single heart of white.
CAnd in an infinite backslide,
Gmancient boulders sink past the Dmwest,
Flike a sword at the beaCrer's fall.
I don'tG say that I knew youF best,
but did you Cknow me at alBbl?
AmA woman is alive, a woman is
Galive. You do not taAmke her from your siGde
FmajAn anchor on a stone, alone,
Amunfaceted and fine.
AmAnd never will I wed.
GI'll hunt the pearl of dAmeath to the bottom of my lGife,
Fmajand ever hold my breath 'til I may
Ambe the diver's wife.
CSee how the infinite divides,
Gmand the divers are not to bDmlame
Ffor the rift spanning distant sChores.
GYou don't know my Fname,
Cbut I know yBbours.