Across The Great Divide

G C G Oh one more time won’t you speak those words I long to hear G C G They ring like a melody that lingers in my ear G C G And I trace those words on your lips the better for to hear Em D C And to etch the memory in my mind C G Of a love I only ever hoped to find G C G Oh one more time won’t you place your hand upon my breast G C G And feel the heart that beats for you, the heart that knows no rest G C G The heart that knows you most of all, the heart that loves you best Em D C And broken though it be, goes marching on C G And renders its loving to a song Em C G Well I an flooded as a broken down dam Em C G and I am busted as the highwayman. G You hit me on my blindside, C G Then you slipped right through my hands Em D C and the fragments flung so far I don’t see how C G I’ll ever get a hold of myself now G C G But there’s so many things I couldn’t bring myself to say G C G So many little burdens you couldn’t bear to give away G C G So many obstacles that undermined our strength Em D C And suddenly the walls came tumbling down C G In the rubble you were nowhere to be found G C G Well the hardest part is knowing that circumstances are to blame G C G The heavy weight of grief, uncertainty and shame G C G They carried us to sea and buried us in the wake, Em D C And we were battered by a storm too rough to ride C G We washed ashore on opposite sides Em C G Now I am ruttted as the parched lowlands Em C G And I’ve been gutted like an old tin can G C G You said "one day you’d come to see just how bad I am..." Em D C But you're not bad just for the brokenness and pride C G And a little too much hurt for you to hide. C G C G C G "Hate me, you will hate me, you will hate me soon", you said G C G And how those words have rattled in my head G C G And I’ve waited for that moment in longing and in dread Em D C But I find only the converse to be true C G Every day expands my love for you G C G And I hope she brings you comfort, and I hope your love is true G C G And I hope you are a friend to her as I have been to you G C G And I hope you have a happy home that brings you life anew Em D C And that no bitter regrets now dog your mind C G But do remember me from time to time Em C G My love is quiet, still waters run deep Em C G It calms the riot that’s inside me G C G And it’s high as the sky, it’s vast as the sea, Em D C And over time it’ll cut a canyon wide C G And ferry me across the great divide