Songbook

Drying of the Lawns

By The Tallest Man on Earth

Key of F

[Intro]
Gm C x2

F  Gm7  Dm Bb Csus4 F x2

[Verse]
    F                               Gm7
She said I cannot tell you why, she said I'm in a rush
          Dm                Bb           Csus4     F
There are softer dreams for you to think about now love
F                                             Gm7
Things that you have seen this night that run by that the river's flow
        Dm                Bb                  Csus4   F
I can't use you if you're in the flame, I'm a growin' old

[Chorus]
       Am              Bb       F           Dm
And no this is not the summer's dream she said
              F             Dm                 Bb   Csus4  F
It's just the drying of the lawns that want to keep us here

Dm Bb Csus4 F

[Verse]
                    F                                Gm7
Well I've said I've sailed the frozen corners of the dark Atlantic Sea
      Dm             Bb            Csus4    F
And I drifted on the waves and the mirage beneath
    F                               Gm7
And never have I felt such numb and pointless searchin' truth
            Dm               Bb                  Csus4      F
As when I set my eyes and torched the plans on the mark of you

[Chorus]
       Am              Bb       F           Dm
And no this is not the summer's dream she said
              F             Dm                     Bb   Csus4  F
It's just the drying of the lawns they're going to leave us here

F  Gm7  Dm Bb Csus4 F

[Verse]
             F                                    Gm7
She said you follow me like sheep that think this king could do some harm
      Dm               Bb                      Csus4    F
But I tell you boy I'm frightened still with a sister's arm
  F                          Gm7
I set my eyes upon the shore whenever you wake up
    Dm                  Bb                     Csus4    F
I'm leavin' because you don't fear what you're dreamin' of

[Chorus]
       Am              Bb     F           Dm
And no this is not the summer's dream she said
              F             Dm                     Bb   Csus4  F
It's just the drying of the lawns they're going to leave us here

Dm Bb Csus4 F

[Verse]
           F                                 Gm7
But I will stand down in the hallway with no thought to leave the set
     Dm           Bb               Csus4    F
Of a movie I will sure as hell not end just yet
   F                                  Gm7
If evenings are for romance then this mornin' is for us
        Dm            Bb                      Csus4     F
It will never end and our last dream is gonna seal this house

[Chorus]
       Am              Bb     F       Am
And no this is not the summer's dream I said
              F             Dm                     Bb       F
It's just the drying of the lawns they're going to leave us here
            F             Dm                     Bb    C  F
Oh it's the drying of the lawns they're going to leave us here