Glow Worm chords by The Handsome Family

Bm

                A
Up the snowy spires, where the air is thin as glass

    E                   G       F#
Once a year the cold mists clear and you can see inside the earth

Bm              A
High in that crystal palace I built a sailing ship

     E            G        F#
Mast and wheel of polished brass, sails of golden silk

 Bm            A
I piped the engine steam, I set velocitations

    E          G    F#
I consulted dusty maps, set careful calibrations

D          A
Ever inward ever in, peering through my scope

 C               B
I sailed deep into the hollows, deep inside the earth

Bm
              A
I traveled a boiling river through streams of mercury

 E             G        F#
Underneath volcanoes and the roots of ancient trees

Bm              A
Underneath stalactites I lit phosphorus lamps

    E            G       F#
Sparks snapped into the air and coiled up the mast

A E G D A E G D Bm
             A
I watched enormous birds diving through the slate

   E             G        F#
As I stood upon the prow in my oilskin cap and cape

  Bm            A
At last my anchor caught and echoed through the stone

   E             G         F#
As I climbed an old rope ladder miles through the gloam

Bm           A
Then up above I saw it, a glowworm?s little light

  E                 G       F#
And I reached out and caught it in the center of the night

D          A
Tightly in my fist I held that glowing worm

C                  B