The Line That Ties Me chords by Julia Stone

Tuning: Standard EBGDAE

Difficulty: Novice

Bm
The walls are talking
    D
and the only person
    A
who can hear me
     Bm
is nearly gone.
 D
I stand by your bedside,
    A
on the edge of words
       G
That I can't say,
             Bm
for the fear that I might fall.

Bm
Maybe I'm afraid that
  D
the pictures that I paint,
   A
Won't capture
       Bm
the beauty of you.
    D
And the last thing that you hear
    A
is the silence in your ears,
   G
As I sink beneath the weight
   Bm
of it all.

    Em
I could call you my lover,
      A
call you a beast,
D      C
Call you the island,
   G
where faith doesn't reach.
Em
Call you a lion,
      A
call you a man,
D          C     G
You're the line that ties me to things.
       Bm
I don't understand.

Your smile as you wither, is as pretty as the picture,
You wouldn't sell to the lady next door.
You tell me music and art, it doesn't have a price,
It's for the heart, I should give it away,
Use it for the freedom of us all.

I could call you my lover, call you a beast,
Call you the island, where faith doesn't reach.
Call you a lion, call you a man,
You're the line that ties me to things.

THE END!