Standard (EADGBE)

 Come hold me now

 I am not gone

I would not leave you here alone

 In this dead calm beneath the waves

 I can still hear those lost boys calling

 You could not speak

 You were afraid

 To take the risk of being left again

 And so you tipped your hat and waved and then

You turned back up the gangway of that steel tomb again

Chorus

2x, 2nd time with “she holds” and “we”)

 And in Mott Street in July

 When I hear those seabirds cry

 I hold the child, the child in the man

 The child that we leave behind

 The spotlight fades

 The boys disband,

 the final notes lie mute upon the sand

 And in the silence of the grave

 I can still hear those lost boys calling

 We left them there

 When they were young

 The men were gone until the west was won

 And now there's nothing left but time to kill

 You never took us fishing, Dad

 And now you never will

Chorus i

Notes:

1. Not sure about the Ab as a single note, but I can’t figure out a chord here. I tried

F/Ab, but it didn’t sound right.

2. Not sure about the G/B either.

3. I also had a bit of trouble with the "and so you tipped your hat and waved" line. I'm

sure that what I have is correct, but would welcome suggestions.