Opiatrescence chords by Robyn Hitchcock

Verse 1:

Em        Bm
In the valley of darkness

   A         C    D    Em
Where moonlight glows behind the falling leaves

          Bm
In the wastes of november

      A       C  D  E
Where each man sees what only he believes

Chorus:

E             G F
I would show you what you ar-re

    C        D        E
In a portrait where you writh in living oils

             G  F
Yes i'd show you what you ar -re

  C       D       Em
A reflection in a lake before it boils

Verse 2:

Em          Bm
In the harbour of autumn

      A         C  D     Em
Where the summer ships are water logged and cold

            Bm
Does it hurt you to remember

     A        C    D    E
How they came and went before the year got old

Chorus:

E           G F
The distraction of the ra-in

     C            D         E
after twilight never stops till winter's midnight breath

           G F
Shall i show it you aga-in

  C         D               Em
How precisely shall my angels fly to comfort you with death

Verse 3:

Em            Bm
If you fell in to the water

     A         C    D     Em
It would freeze you long before you reach the land

            Bm
And at four tomorrow morning

      A       C     D    E
There would be no dawn, no footprints in the sand

Chorus:

E            G F
I would take you as you ar-re

     C       D                 E
every morning, now you reach me with your eyes as red as sun

            G F
Yes i'd take you as you ar-re

      C        D              Em
from your birthday till the end of you, the end of everyone.