Words and music by Richard Homer
4/4, 95 bpm
Intro Em3 Am1 Em4, Em3 Am1 Em4,
G3, C1, G4, Em3 Am1 Em4, B Em, B Em
Em Am Em
I thought // about / you
Em Am Em
where you / now may / be
G C G
thinking back / to the / time
Em Am Em
when you / were with / me
B Em, B Em
// oh, // oh
By the cliff, / on the / beach
we hear the / breakers / roar
milk cows on their / way back / home
the seagull cry, the / rain / pour
// oh, // oh
C high 4 G4 Em3 B1 Em3 B1 Em3
The bank of rain / coming / in
the empty car park, / you and / I;
in the cold wind, / jacket / tight,
the platform where we / kissed / goodbye
// oh, // oh
C G
Oh, yeah, I / think of that time,
F C
watching the kite, the / eagle climb
F C
up into the empty // Cambrian air,
G C
turning without / thought or care
G C G Em Am Em
in the way we / both once / knew
B Em, B Em
// oh, // oh
C high 4 G4 Em3 B1 Em3 B1 Em3
Em Am Em
I’m far from you in both / place and / time
GCG
away from where we / used to / be
GCG
with the rhythm of the / oxbow / Wye
Em Am Em
the colour of the / autumn / tree
// oh, // oh
C high 4 G4 Em3 B1 Em3 B1 Em3
Em Am Em
The sun hits the / horizon / now
GCG
a new night is / coming / by
GCG
the breeze now whispering / quiet to / me
Em Am Em
as if to ask the / question / why
// oh, // oh
