How I Became The Sea

Bm /// | A /// | Bm /// | G / | A / Bm A June was the lobster shell Bm I dug by hand G A A haven that hid me well beneath the sand Bm A The white windy waves washed in, but I stayed dry Bm G D A The great breakers broke again as I nodded off inside G Bm A And then, when the Empress run aground D/F# G And my eyes turned blue and green Bm A I heard a gorgeous sound D G And that's when it became a dream Bm A When the sky fell in D/F# G When the hurricanes came for me Bm A I could finally crash again D Bm G A - Bm G A And that's how I became the sea Bm A I wrenched the engines off and drank them down Bm G A The depths turned the iron soft as they swiftly drowned Bm A And I brought the ocean side to its rusty knees Bm G D A As I felt the even tide deep in my shallow dreams G Bm A And then, when the Empress run aground D/F# G And my eyes turned blue and green Bm A I heard a gorgeous sound D G And that's when it became a dream Bm A When the sky fell in D/F# G When the hurricanes came for me Bm A I could finally crash again D And that's how I became the sea G // | Bm - A // | D/F# G // | Bm - A // | D G // | Bm - A // | D/F# G // | Bm - A // | D G (When the sky fell in) Bm When the sky fell in A (When the sky fell in) D/F# G When the hurricanes came for me Bm A I could finally crash again D G And that's how I became the sea Bm A (How I became the sea) D/F# G That's how I became the sea Bm A (How I became the sea) D G Bm A D/F# G Bm A D That's how I became the sea G Bm A (When the sky fell in) D/F# G (When the hurricanes came for me) Bm A (I could finally crash again) D (And that's how I became the sea) G // | Bm - A // | D/F# G // | Bm - A // | D G // | Bm - A // | D/F# G // | Bm - A // | D