Words (CHORDS) by Cynthia Summers

[Intro]~
Am  Dm  Am  E  Am


[Chorus]~
The shadows of the trees
Breath upon your cheek

Dm
Music on water

Am
A beautiful daughter

E                Am
A poem spoken into mist


[Verse 1]~
In the picture Joseph made

   Dm
You rest on your last bed

Am
Your hair is dark and curled

E
Your eyes are closed

  Am
I imagine Joseph reaching out

  Dm
To touch you with his hand

   Am
The artist who loves you

   E              Am
The genius and the man


[Verse 2]~
   Dm
You knew that you were leaving

   Am
But not what you had done

Dm
Despairing,.. grieving

   Am                 E
You did not know you'd won

Dm
A kind of immortality

   Am
The best anyone can do

            E      Am
We read your words


[Chorus]~
The shadows of the trees

Am
Breath upon your cheek

Dm
Music on water

Am
A beautiful daughter

E                Am
A poem spoken into mist


[Verse 3]~
Your life so full of sadness

   Dm
You tried to make it clear

  Am
To weave words around

   E
The mystery

Am
Death is all and nothing

  Dm
No victory no defeat

    Am
Your nightingale keeps singing

E      Am
Sweet


[Verse 4]~
   Dm
You knew that you were leaving

   Am
But not what you had done

Dm
Despairing,.. grieving

   Am                 E
You did not know you'd won

Dm
A kind of immortality

   Am
The best anyone can do

            E      Am
We read your words,.. words


[Chorus]~
   Dm          Am
And what I have learned from you

      E       Am
Is not easy to say

   Dm
The shadows of the trees

Am
Breath upon your cheek

Dm
Music on water

Am
A beautiful daughter

E                Am
A poem spoken into mist

E                Am
A poem spoken into mist