nightshift

nightshift
s.d.hilderbrand
may 2006
(folk)
capo 2

Am          G
I watch the ships sail in
F         E7
watch the moon go out
Am       G
keep the fires lit
F       E7
so they don't go out
Am      G
I'm the nightshift
F         E7
after you go so sleep
Am     G
set my mind adrift
F     E7
so it don't go out

Am             Dm
Alone,               in my home
Am             E7
No one               to bury my bone

[1st verse again]

Am             Dm
Adrift               in my dreams
Am             E7
Seeing things        nobody sees

Dm                   F
Muddy bellows of the foghorn
          C
greets the morning
          G
greets the morning
Dm                    F
Lonely pullin' of the tugboat
          C
greets the morning
          G
greets the morning

Am          G
I watch the ships sail out
F         E7
watch the sun come up
Am      G
put the fires out
F      E7
so you won't give up

Am
on me...

[fade to Am picking]

Written in a lonely fit one evening when it seemed most hope was lost -- my insomnia and relationship clashed hard-core. Their feud still hasn't been resolved.