Standard Tuning
First Verse
G
High on a hill-top the tree softly sway-ing,
a-gree with with the mood of the air.
Bb
Nod-ding and ben-ding their will nev-er end-ing
G
the pat-tern that placed them both there.
Chorus 1
G Bm(F#bass) Em Bm(D bass)
Ov-er candy mountain, thru the deep blue crystal sky,
Cmaj7 Bm A
The wind has no bound-aries or rules.
G D(F#bass) Em Bm(D bass)
Locked up in a can-yon by a soft green wa-ter-fall,
Cmaj7 Bm A G
the Mas-ter has no time for fools.
Second Verse
G
Dream in a se-quence of wine col-ored beads,
that col-lect like the rain in your hair.
Bb
String them to-geth-er with strands of de-si-re,
give them to some-one who cares.
Second Chorus
G Bm(F#bass) Em Bm(D bass)
Some-where in the some-time of the mid-dle of your eye,
Cmaj7 Bm A
you've seen the rape of the jewels,
G D(F#bass) Em Bm(D bass)
Hid-ing from the sun-light is a clev-er lit-tle man,
Cmaj7 Bm A G
who smiles and breaks all the tools.
Third Verse
G
High on a hill-top the tree softly sway-ing,
a-gree with with the mood of the air.
Bb
Nod-ding and ben-ding their will nev-er end-ing
G
the pat-tern that placed them both there.
Fourth Verse
G
Climb on a stee-ple that soars o-ver people
who hud-dle their hopes on a wall,
Bb
Dance on a cur-tain that al-ways is closed to
G
the sun-light that beams through thr hall.
Third Chorus
G Bm(F#bass) Em Bm(D bass)
Fol-low all the faith-full to their fi-nal rest-ing place
Cmaj7 Bm A
and watch as they sink in the pool.
G D(F#bass) Em Bm(D bass)
Locked up in a can-yon by a soft green wa-ter-fall
Cmaj7 Bm A G
the Mas-ter has no time for fools.