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From "TedSallis" on Ultimate-Guitar

Dm x4

  Dm    A   Dm              Gm      F#m G
Five years now since they dissolved our crew
           Gm   F#m  G           Bb   A    Dm
Since the fence went up that I can't cut through
Dm      A   Dm          Gm F#m G
Grass grown high on the former site
          Gm    F#m     G          A
Of the carefully tended garden we visited late at night


              Dm      F    Bb    G
See how the cracked moon climbs high
    Dm A Dm
In the divided sky



Dm    A      Dm        Gm F#m G
Much blood shed in the phantom zone
Gm     F#m     G        Bb   A    Dm
I'm a civilian now, I can't go home
Dm    A   Dm             Gm  F#m   G
Sweep my front steps at dark each night
    Gm      F#m      G         A
Tongue, swollen with prayer, stomach unbearably tight


             Dm      F    Bb    G
See how the cracked moon climbs high
        Dm A   Dm
In the divided sky



            Bb     F    G               F    Dm
Though the frost bites hard, I maintain my guard
Bb               F            A
Good spies grow old, they never come in from the cold


Dm        A      Dm
Full information black-out
          Gm        F#m    G
From the field, for me, I know
       Gm   F#m  G           Dm   A Dm
I will some day learn how to let you go


Dm            A        Dm
Clench and unclench my fingers
         Gm   F#m   G
Get it right some day
        Gm               F#m          G
Find the place where the memories go dark
          A
And they stay that way


             Dm      F   Bb      G
See how the cracked moon climbs high
       Dm  A    Dm
In the divided sky