Songbook

Keeping Me Awake

By Tarkio

Intro: F# F#maj7 B x4

F#        F#maj7        B
Summer it came, like a light across the highlands
F#     F#maj7   B
And we laid it down
F#         F#maj7         B
You wore a dress made of light from the islands
F#           F#maj7       B
And we sent postcards home

F# F#maj7 B x2

In dying light, this was not to be forgotten
As we are chosen few
Into the sea, with a touch as soft as cotton
Beneath this angel moon

Chorus
G#m                  C#
It's been keeping me awake
F#           F#maj7              B
Leaving this behind was my first mistake
G#m              C#
And I'm not so strong
      F#           F#maj7     B
To be satisfied by all the things I've done
G#m                     C#
And the things I threw away...

F# F#maj7 B x2

You wrote your name as we lay among the heather
Of what you left behind
Following past, that would lead us both together
And let us lose our minds

Chorus
G#m                  C#
It's been keeping me awake
F#           F#maj7              B
Leaving this behind was my first mistake
G#m              C#
And I'm not so strong
      F#           F#maj7     B
To be satisfied by all the things I've done
G#m                     C#
Or the things I threw away...

F# F#maj7 B x2

Summer it fell, and it coursed across the highlands
And so quickly gone
Your faded dress for years now tied away and silent
And as the nights lay low

Chorus
G#m                  C#
It's been keeping me awake
F#           F#maj7              B
Leaving this behind was my first mistake
G#m              C#
And I'm not so strong
      F#           F#maj7     B
To be satisfied by all the things I've done
G#m                     C#
Or the things I threw away...
F#           F#maj7     B
                 The things I threw away
F#           F#maj7     B
                 The things I threw away
F#           F#maj7     B
                 The things I threw away
(end on F#)