Dm        C      G
The telegraph cables hum
    Dm        C              G
And few can decipher who the message is from
    Dm      C  G
And deliver it quietly
      Dm         C        G
Cause some don't get much company

Dm C G x2

[Verse 2]
    Dm       C         G
The harbor becomes the sea
    Dm            C             G
And lighting the house keeps it collision free
     Gm        Dm
Understand the lay of the land
     Gm
And don't let it hurt you
   Dm
Or it will be the first to

[Chorus 1]
    Gm  Am     Gm  Am
The water, the water
       Bb
Didn't realize
           Gm
It's dangerous size
    Gm   Am       Gm   Am
The mountain, the mountain
        Bb
Came to recognize
                 Gm
It's a steep and rocky sides
          Dm       C G
More than realized

Dm C G
Gm Am
Bb F C#m Dm C#m Dm

Dm C G x2

[Verse 3]
Dm        C       G
Pale as a pile of bones
    Dm            C
You hope for your babies
     G
And this is how they grow
     Gm
Wind-battered, knocked over
    Dm
The teeth by the shoulder
Gm
Watching the grey sky
       Dm
That's acting like a good guy

[Chorus 2]
    Gm  Am     Gm  Am
The water, the water
        Bb
Came to realize
            Gm
It's a dangerous size
    Gm   Am      Gm  Am
The mountain the mountain
        Bb
Came to recognize
               G
It's steep and rocky sides
        Bb
Came to recognize
               G
It's steep and rocky sides
          Dm       C G
More than realized