[Into]
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[Verse 1]
F                               C
Catherine picks cattails on the walk
                      G
From the water by the dock
                      Am
And tries to laugh it off
F                            C
Threw away her petals to the war
                   G
On a dirty kitchen floor
                     Am
And never asked what for

[Refrain]
    F                             C
She can’t stop thinking ‘bout the things she’s never had
       G                                  Am
In the years before the shipyard she held fire in her hands
       F                          C
You’ll never see a stronger woman lying where she stands
    G                             Am
She always lets the wind push her around
   G                                   Am
To pretend that her feet aren’t on the ground

[Verse 2]
    F                               C
The Widows walk the beach along the tide
                          G
For the sailors that have died
                     Am
Praying that they’ll arrive
     F                    C
They keep a candle on the windowsill
                     G
In the cold December chill
                  Am
Just whispering, “until”

[Refrain]
     F                             C
They can’t stop thinking ‘bout the things they never had
    G                                 Am
The mouths so full of water but still crying for the land
    F                                    C
The smiles shone so brightly, now ground down and full of sand
        G                                   Am
And the wind still finds its way around the door
     G                                 Am
In a voice you thought was gone forevermore

[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
    F                                  C
The Fisherman runs fingers through his net
                    G
He doesn’t mind the wet
                  Am
He isn’t old just yet
   F                             C
He sings his song the boy at the bar
                       G
Whose hair is black as tar
                             Am
He thinks he shimmers like a star

[Refrain]
   F                             C
He can’t stop thinking ‘bout the things he’s never had
    G                              Am
His lamplight flickers heavy as he walks along the strand
   F                                      C
At night he beds with dogs and drunks and filth of fellow man
    G                                   G
And listens to the walls that creak and moan
  G                         Am
Until he falls asleep again alone

[Verse 4]
    F                                       C
The Sea just bends and breathes and breaks again
              G
Mistaken as a friend
                   Am
Making love to the wind
   F                            C
It doesn’t pay no mind unto the rocks
                 G
Or people on the docks
                        Am
Or the ticking of their clocks

[Refrain]
       F                             C
But it can’t stop thinking ‘bout the things it’s never had
        G                              Am
So many stones and bones that it could hold inside its hands
   F                                  C
So many wandering souls that it could get to join the band
   G                                       Am
To scream and cry and steal the rocks from shore
    G                     Am
And rise until we’re gone forevermore

[Outro]
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