Fig. I (Intro):
e|------12-12-12---12---12---12-----------------|
B|--------------------------------12---12-13-12-|
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E|----------------------------------------------|
e|-------------10--12--14--15---15----12--14----|
B|----------12----------------------------------|
G|-14-12----------------------------------------|
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A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
e|-10----12-|
B|----------|
G|----------|
D|----------|
A|----------|
E|----------|
Am G
Are we crossing the border of the pale,
C D E
is this the end, the end of our tale?
Am G
Are we saying goodbye to old friends
C D E
sailing away on a crave?
Am G
Wisdom to understand,
F E
kindness of strength,
Am G
mercy in victory,
F G E
majestic foundation.
(I pray.) F C G Am
Am G
Nothing is turning our ships off the course,
C D E
day after day heading straight to the source.
Am G
No one is sailing these seas of harm,
C D E
sailing without remorse.
Am G
Wisdom to understand,
F E
kindness of strength,
Am G
mercy in victory,
F G E
majestic foundation.
F C G Am (Fig.II)
Contain Thyself.
Fig.II (Bridge)
Am G F E
e|-----8--8--8--8--8-----7-7-7-7-7----5-5-5-5-5----4-4-|
B|----10-10-10-10-10-----8-8-8-8-8----6-6-6-6-6----5-5-|
G|-----9--9--9--9--9-----7-7-7-7-7----5-5-5-5-5----4-4-|
D|--------------------0--------------------------------|
A|-0--------------------------------8------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------0-----|
F C G Am (Fig.II)
Contain Thyself.
F C G Am
Contain Thyself.
G
My sweetest friend,
F
remember how
E C G Am
we used to lend all our hope.
G
Remember how
F G E
there was always more to spend.
||: F C G Am :|| 4x
F C G Am G
This is the island, the island by the edge,
C D E
the end of the world, the end of our pledge
Am
to uphold our friendship,
G
to safeguard the tree,
C D E
the tree of the sheltered and free... sheltered and free...
Am G
This is the island, the island by the edge,
C D E
the end of the world, the end of our pledge....
(the end of the world)
Am
to uphold our friendship,
G
to safeguard the tree,
C D E
the tree of the sheltered and free...
Am G C D E
…....Island....Edge....World....pledge
Am G C D E
…....Friendship...tree....the tree of the sheltered and free...
Am G C D
sheltered and free..........
E Am G
The end of the world,
C D
||: the tree of the sheltered :|| 3x
Em
and free...