Foy Vance - Closed Hand, Full of Friends
Key: Eb
Capo: 3rd
My preferred key: G
Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9lEBfYOfS4
[Intro]
C --- C --- C --- C --- .... .... .... ....
[Verse 1]
C --- C --- C --- C --- The scenery's changing and it warms my soul
C --- C --- C --- C --- I'm 200 miles down and a long way yet to go
C --- C --- C --- C --- So, get your boots on and your walking cool
C --- C --- C --- C --- And we'll together leave our footprints upon a virgin snow
[Verse 2]
G -- Am F --- C --- C --- That ancient sunrise will soon descend
G --- Am - F - C --- C --- And we'll be left here pondering on the things which you cannot change
C --- C --- C --- C --- So, let's start over with no means to an end
G --- Am - F - Just in love and out of hope and a closed hand, full of friends
[Pre-chorus]
C C/D C/Em F F --- . . . . ....
C C/D C/Em F . . . .
[Chorus 1]
G --- Am - F - Yeah, well, livin' was alright, but I was dead in the water
G --- Am - F - Couldn't see it in its light, I couldn't kneel in its altar
C/E --- F --- All I wanted was to tear it right down to the ground
G --- Am - F - But I'm feeling alright now,
G --- Am - F - yeah, I'm feeling alright
[Post-chorus]
C --- C --- C --- C --- .... .... .... ....
[Verse 3]
G -- Am F --- C --- C --- Every morning when the coffee's on
G --- Am - F - C --- C --- And I rediscover that color in your eyes, in its gold and its bronze
C --- C --- C/E -- G Am --- And in the moonlight go get the camera, just go
G --- Am - F - With the recitations of the parish poets popping on our scrolls
[Pre-chorus]
C C/D C/Em F F --- . . . . ....
C C/D C/Em F . . . .
[Chorus 2]
G --- Am - F - Yeah, well, I was alright but I was dead in the water
G --- Am - F - Could see it's light, I couldn't kneel in its altar
C/E --- F --- All I wanted was a turn right down to the promising
G --- Am - F - Through this fleeting culture
G --- Am - F - And hide away from wolves and the vultures
C/E --- F --- All they wanted was to tear me right down to the ground
G --- Am - F - Oh, I'm feeling alright, I am now,
G --- Am - F - yeah, I'm feeling alright
[Post-chorus]
C --- C --- C --- C --- .... .... .... ....
[Pre-bridge]
C --- C --- .... ....
[Bridge 1]
C --- C --- In the recitations of the parish poets
C --- C --- In the buildings, in the burrows, in the locked boats
C --- C --- I will find my means to an end
C --- C --- With an open heart in hold and a closed hand, full of friends
[Bridge 2]
C --- C --- In the recitations of the parish poets
C --- C --- In the buildings, in the burrows, in the lochte boats
C --- C --- I will find my means to an end
C --- C --- With an open heart in hold and a closed hand, full of friends
[Bridge 3]
C --- C --- In the recitations of the parish poets
F/A --- C --- In the buildings, in the burrows, in the locked boats
F --- C --- I will find my means to an end
F --- Am - G/B - With an open heart in hold and a closed hand, full of friends
[Bridge 4]
C --- C --- In the recitations of the parish poets
F/A --- C --- In the buildings, in the burrows, in the locked boats
F --- C --- I will find my means to an end
F --- Am - G/B - With an open heart in hold and a closed hand, full of friends
[Outro]
C C/D C/Em F F --- . . . . ....
C C/D C/Em F G --- . . . . ....
C C/D C/Em F G Am -- Am --- . . . . . ... ....
G --- G ---! .... ....