Distance
John Hiatt / Overcoats 1975
D /C /B
You are the beautiful lover
G-/Bb (or E-7b5/Bb)
My Lover
D /C /B
I am the distant shore
/Bb D
So far away
/C /B /Bb
There is so much to uncover
A7 /
Love’s hiding
C9
What is this distance for
/ D B- E- A7 D B- E- G- /
What is it for
D /C /B
Out of the dark I am falling
G-/Bb
I^Тm fallin’
D /C /B
Into your warm candle flame
/Bb
So bright
D /C /B /Bb
A butterfly pinned to love’s calling
A7 /
Love’s calling
C9
Why must this magic be named
/ D /
Must it be named
B- E-
We’ve filled the air
G- A7
With silent stares
B- E-
But still no one dares
E-7b5/Bb /
We are strangers
B- G
The sad jealous praise
E- G-
As the symphony plays
E- G- D /C /B G-/Bb
And we are the foolish arrangers
D /C /B G-/Bb
The foolish arrangers
REPEAT VERSE ONE
Duration Notation:
| = bar line; within bar lines chords divide measure
No bar line = chord gets entire measure’s time
/ = play same as previous chord, beat or measure