Last Revised: 6 January 2007
My Dear
Written by Dewey Bunnell, ©1983
Guitarists, don't play the strings marked with a x and stroke as a staccato.
Em Am C D Bm
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Intro: Em
Em
Here in the dawn
As I walk through this dream
As I have done since ages now gone
Am
Shall I read you the letter
Em
They sent postmarked from somewhere out here
Am
It's in Latin, I think, I don't know
Em
Can you help me, my dear
C D Em
Please, can you help me, my dear
Near to their bed (they never sleep)
They sit sipping their tea, watch the sea
Move the sand through their heads (sit in their chairs by the bay)
Am
Did I show you the marks on the wall
Em
Left by captains now dead (house out on the cove)
Am
They fell fighting for peace in their lives
Em
Or so it is said (still nobody seems to be here)
C D Em
Please, can you help me, my dear
C D Em
Please, can you help me, my dear
Bm
You can't miss it
Em
A blue forest on a green sky
Bm
You must risk it
Am
Don't ignore us if you want us to
Bm Em
If we want us to survive
Solo: Em
Em
Where will I be (can't you help me to find my way)
After watching them walking the pier
At the mouth of the sea (I've been lost for so long)
Am
They're in love with the news
Em
And don't show if they're living in fear (still nobody seems to be here)
Am
They eat ice cream alone
Em
Watch the waves at the end of the pier (ah, nobody seems to hear)
C D Em
Please, can you help me, my dear
C D Em
Please, can you help me, my dear
Outro: Em ad libitum
Last Revised: 6 January 2007