[Verse 1]

A revolving wheel of metal chairs
Hung on chains, squealing
Four little children flying out
A blind man sings in Arabic

[Chorus 1]

Hey little children don’t disappear (I heard it was twenty-eight thousand)
Lost upon a revolving wheel (I heard it was twenty-eight thousand)

[Verse 2]

Now you see them, now you don’t
Children vanish ‘hind vehicle
Now you see them, now you don’t
Faces, limbs, a bouncing skull

[Chorus 2]

Hey little children don’t disappear (I heard it was twenty-eight thousand)
All that’s left after a year (I heard it was twenty-eight thousand)
A faded face, the trace of an ear (I heard it was twenty-eight thousand)

[Verse 3]

A tableau of the missing
Tied to the government building
Eight-thousand sun-bleached photographs
Faded with the roses

[Chorus 3]

Hey little children don’t disappear (I heard it was twenty-eight thousand)
Lost upon a revolving wheel (I heard it was twenty-eight thousand)
All that’s left after a year (I heard it was twenty-eight thousand)
A faded face, the trace of an ear (I heard it was twenty-eight thousand)

And watch them fade out, and watch them fade out, and watch them fade out
And watch them fade out, and watch them fade out, and watch them fade out
And watch them fade out, and watch them fade out, and watch them fade out
And watch them fade out, and watch them fade out, and watch them fade out
And watch them fade out, and watch them fade out, and watch them fade out
And watch them fade out, and watch them fade out, and watch them fade out
And watch them fade out, and watch them fade out, and watch them fade out
And watch them fade out

fretboard rather than the body of the guitar like you normally would. On her latest live
however, P.J.Harvey

plays only the intro (if there is one) and the part from “My love will stay till the
bed run dry” until “The man is

gone and heaven only knows” this fast.

Chords:

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B|—1–3–0–1——————-|
G|—2–2–0–2–1—————-|
D|—2–0–0–3–2—————-|
A|—0—–2–3–2—————-|
E|———3–1–0—————-|

The song basically consists of two chord patterns, Am G F E and Am Dm E.

Intro:
Am G F E X 2

He came riding fast like a phoenix out of fire flames
He came dressed in black with a cross bearing my name
He came bathed in light and splendor and glory
I can’t believe what the lord has finally sent me

Am Dm E X 2

He said dance for me, fanciulla gentil
He said laugh a while, I can make your heart feel
He said fly with me, touch the face of the true god
And then cry with joy at the depth of my love
Cause I’ve prayed days, I’ve prayed nights
For the lord just to send me home some sign
I’ve looked long, I’ve looked far
To bring peace to my black and empty heart
Ah, Ah, Ah, Ah, Ah, Ah, Aaaaah

Am G F E X 4

My love will stay till the river bed run dry
And my love lasts long as the sunshine blue sky
I love him longer as each damn day goes
The man is gone and heaven only knows
Cause I’ve cried days, I’ve cried nights
For the lord just to send me up some sign
Is he near? Is he far?
Bring peace to my black and empty heart
So long day, so long night
Oh lord, be near me tonight
Is he near? Is he far?
Bring peace to my black and empty heart
Aaaaah

End with an Am. Enjoy, Vaggs 😉

(Verse 1)

I was walking through the National Mall
Thinking about medicinals, how they used to grow there
When the ground was a marshland
Undisturbed by human hands, and I heard their voices

(Chorus 1)

The sumac said, “We are always here”
The witch hazel, “We are always here”
The sassafras, “We are always here”
The bluestem grasses always here

(Verse 2)

I looked about, what did I see?
Medicinals growin’ around me, rising from the gravel
Sumac and the witch hazel
Come to soothe our pain, our souls, come to soothe our troubles

(Chorus 2)

The sumac said, “We are always here”
The witch hazel, “We are always here”
The sassafras, “We are always here”
The bluestem grasses always here

(Outro)

But do you see that woman, sitting in the wheelchair?
With her Redskins cap on backwards, what’s that she’s singing?
As from inside a paper wrapper, she sips from a bottle
A new painkiller, for the native people

[C/G]Oh my Anaco-[C/G]—stia
[C/G]Do not sigh, do not[C/G] weep
Beneath the [C/G]overpass
Your savior’s [C/G]waiting patient[C/G]ly

[Verse 2]

[C/G]Walking on the wa-[C/G]—ter
[C/G]Flowing with the poi[C/G]–sons
From the [C/G]naval yards
He’s talking [C/G]to the broken re[C/G]eds

[Chorus 1]

Saying, what will become of us?
What will become of us? Oh
Wade in the water, God’s gonna trouble the water

[Verse 3]

A small red sunblish wait for night
Trails away like a tail light
Is that Jesus on the water?
Talking to the fallen trees?

[Chorus 2]

Saying, what will become of us?
What will become of us? Oh
Wade in the water, God’s gonna trouble the water

[Outro – no chords)

Wade in the water, God’s gonna trouble the water
Wade in the water, God’s gonna trouble the water
Wade in the water, God’s gonna trouble the water
Wade in the water, God’s gonna trouble the water
Wade in the water, God’s gonna trouble the water
Wade in the water, God’s gonna trouble the water
Wade in the water, God’s gonna trouble the water

[Verse 1]

Fifteen keys, fifteen keys hang on a chain
The chain is joined, the chain is joined and forms a ring
The ring is in, the ring is in a woman’s hand
She’s walking on, she’s walking on the dusty ground

[Chorus 1]

The dusty ground’s a dead-end track
The neighbors won’t be coming back
Fifteen gardens overgrown
Fifteen houses falling down

[Verse 2]


The woman’s old, the woman’s old and dressed in black
She keeps her hands, she keeps her hands behind her back
Imagine what, imagine what her eyes have seen
We ask but she, we ask but she won’t let us in

[Chorus 2]

A key so simple and so small
How can it mean no chance at all?
A key, a promise, or a wish
How can it mean such hopelessness?

“A circle is broken”, she says
“A circle is broken”, she says

[Verse 1]

This is the Ministry, Of Defence
Stairs and walls are, all that’s left
Mortar holes let, through the air
Kids do the same thing, everywhere

[Chorus 1]

They’ve sprayed graffiti, in Arabic
And balanced sticks, in human sht

[Verse 2]

This is the ministry, of remains
Fizzy drinks, cans, and magazines

[Chorus 2]

Broken glass, a white jawbone
Syringes, razors, a plastic spoon
Human hair, a kitchen knife
And a ghost of a girl, who runs and hides
Scratched in the wall in, biro pen
This is how the, world will end

[Sax Solo]

[Verse 3]

There’s the bus depot, to the right
Levelled like a, a building site

[Chorus 3]

Those are the children’s, cries from the dark
These are the words, writ under the arch
Scratched in the wall, in biro pen
This is how the, world will end

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(x8)
[Verse 1]

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Stand under Foun-

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tain Cool skin Washed

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clean Wash him from

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me
[Verse 2]

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Along comes wind

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A big bone shaker

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Blows off my clothes

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Completely naked

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What to do

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When every – thing’s

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Left you?

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La-da-da-dum La-la-la-dum

(x4)
[Verse 3]

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Out of the blue

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It is he Vision to

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me. Bearing leaves Petals

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green. Covers me In all my

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shame
[Verse 4]

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Hand in hand

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He’s my big man

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stays with me

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Some forty days

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no words

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Then goes away

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I cry

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a – gain

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On my hill I wait for wind

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And on my hill I wait for wind
(x4)

A restlessness took hold my brain, and questions I could not hold back
An orange monkey on a chain, on a bleak uneven track
Told me that to understand, you must travel back in time
I took a plane to a foreign land, and said, “I’ll write down what I find”
Ah-ah ah, ah-ah ah

(Verse 2)

Beneath a mountain’s jagged shelves, cloaked with snow and shadows sheer
Plates tipped up upon themselves, the pain of fifty million years
And mules and goats were running wild, a happy chaos carried on
And old men and the young boys smiled, and worked until the day was gone
Ah-ah ah, ah-ah ah

(Verse 3)

The packs of sandy-coloured dogs, walked streets that looked like building sites
But piles of rocks and dust and smog, could not block out a different light
When I returned I ran to meet, the monkey but his face had changed
He stood before me on two feet, the track was now a motorway
Ah-ah ah, ah-ah ah
Ah-ah ah, ah-ah ah

(Mute/chuck F for 6 counts)
I wanna bathe in milk
Eat grapes
Robert De Niro sit on my face
I can’t sleep for thinking
Send my head a-reeling

Reeling, reeling

I wanna go to Spain
Spend nights
Just sipping on nectar and ice
I can’t sleep for thinking
Send my head a-reeling

Reeling, reeling

You bet that I’m Wayne
Toot that can
Eliminate a whole race
Wanna make the sht hit the fan
I can’t sleep for thinking
Send my head a-reeling

Reeling, reeling

Even Aphrodite
She got nothing on me

Reeling, reeling

Take me to the moon
Take me to the moon
Take me to the moon
Take me to the moon
Take me to the moon
Take me to the moon
Ah, fly me to the moon
Take me to the moon

Dye my hair on stage
F C F C C Bb C Call on my man Romeo
Come and climb my braids
Reeling
Reeling

Even Aphrodite
She’ll have nothing on me

Reeling
Reeling

Take me to the moon
Take me to the moon
Fly me to the moon
Take me to the moon
Take me to the moon
Take me to the moon
Fly me to the moon
Take me to the moon
Take me to the moon
Take me to the moon
Fly me to the moon
Take me to the moon

F C Bb C (repeat, fades out at the end)
Reeling
Reeling
Reeling
Reeling

Won’t you (Am)do this (F)for me, (Am)dearest (F)darkness and
(Dm)cover (Em)me (C)from the (F)sound of the
(Am)Words (F)tightening, the (Am)words are (F)tightening
(Dm)Around my (Em)throat (C)and (F)and

Around the (Dm)throat (C)of the (Am)one I (F)love
(Dm)Tightening (C)tightening (Am)tigh(F)tening
Around the (Dm)throat (C)of the (Am)one I (F)love
(Dm)Tightening (C)tightening (G)tigh(F)tening

(Am)Dear (F)darkness, (Am)dear (F)darkness
(Dm)Now it’s your (Em)time to (C)look after (F)us
Cause we (Am)kept you (F)clothed, we (Am)kept you in (F)business
When (Dm)everyone (Em)else was (C)having good (F)luck

So (Dm)now it’s your (C)time, (Am)time to (F)pay
To (Dm)pay (C)me and the (Am)one I (F)love
With the (Dm)worldly goods you’ve (Am)stashed A(F)way
With (Dm)all the (C)things you (G)took from (F)us
[(Dm)] [(C)] [(G)] [(F)]