Mercury Rev — Everlasting Arm (Donahue/Mackowiak/Thorpe)
Intro —
C Fm
Verse 1 —
C Fm C
And so with the explorers on my heels I started t’wheel
Fm C
Stepped aside stone walls, i was sick of it all
Fm C Fm
And so I set my sail on yr coat-tails and yr warm shawl
C D
Up where there’s an Everlasting Arm,
F
sends us out alone,
Fm C
moves us out of harm
G C Fm
Ever-reaching always sweeping…
Verse 2 —
And though I struggled t’take my place, there stood my mistake
Standing there like some great big theatre curtain he knew for certain
I’d come down on you softly
Up where…
Verse 3 —
By and by the gates swung wide, Loved ones came in sight
Storming down the street like Puerto-Rican kids in a summer rain
Breaking open the hydrants and going insane
Up where…
