Bound for the Deep

G9 D The daughter of rules put down her lessons G9 D Lifted up hands like wings to the stars G9 D When only a fool would dare tempt the angels F G9 D With crackling bones and a failing heart F G9 D With crackling bones and a failing heart G9 D Don’t call on her, you silver-tongued jailer G9 D You rusty purveyor of old-fashioned lies G9 D She’s not afraid to take what’s been offered F G9 D Everything breaks in its time F G9 D Everything breaks in its time Chorus A G9 D Little ships in tiny harbors A G9 D Leave their berths for open sea A G9 D Slipping out on endless water F G9 D They are bound for the deep F G9 D They are bound for the deep G9 D Grandmother Ghost spoke to the stranger G9 D She danced with the sailor, she questioned the thief G9 Bm A G9 He gave her his book and she read every mystery F G9 D In his eyes she could see F G9 D In his eyes she could see Double Chorus A G9 D Little ships in tiny harbors A G9 D Leave their berths for open sea A G9 D Slipping out on endless water F G9 D They are bound for the deep A G9 D And his lips tasted of iron A G9 D And he rocked her like a swell A G9 D/F# Lay her trembling arms to sleep there F G9 D And she filled his brittle shell F G9 D And her heart bore him as well G9 D/F# They cast out their nets in spinning motions G9 D Spilling oceans over sand G9 Bm A G9 Something magic lives among us F G9 D When the sea consumes the land F G9 D When the sea consumes the land Double Chorus A G9 D Little ships in tiny harbors A G9 D Leave their berths for open sea A G9 D Slipping out on endless water F G9 D They are bound for the deep A G9 D Little ships in tiny harbors A G9 D Leave their berths for open sea A G9 D Slipping out on endless water F G9 D They are bound for the deep