B E No cloud, a sleepy calm A F#m G#m B Sunbaked earth that's cooled by gentle breeze, and trees F#m B Bm C#7 With rustling leaves, only endless days without a care Bm Em7 Nothing must be done
B E Silent, as a day can be A F#m G#m B Far off sounds of others on their chosen run F#m B Bm C#7 As they do, all those things they feel give a life some meaning Bm Em7 Even if they're dull
D Am D Am It's time to stop this dreaming, must rejoin the real world D Am D Am As revealed by orange lights and a smoky atmosphere
C / Bb / F / Bb / D7 / B / F# /
Ebm B Bbm C# The trees and I are shaken by, the same winds but whereas B Ebm The trees will lose their withered leaves Bbm G#m I just can't seem to let them loose Ebm B Bbm C# And they can't refresh me, those hot winds of the south B C# B C# Oh I feel like an alien, a stranger in an alien place
B E A F#m Now the light is fading fast, chances slip away G#m B F#m B A time will come to pass, when there'll be none Bm C#7 Bm Em7 Then addicted to a perfumed poison, betrayed by its aftertaste
D Am D Am Oh we shall lose the wonder and find nothing in return D Am D Am Many are the substitutes but they're powerless on their own
C / Bb / F / Bb / D7 / B / F# /
Ebm B Bbm C# Beware the fisherman who's casting out his line B Ebm Into a dried up river bed B Bbm G#m But don't try to tell him cos he won't believe you Ebm B Bbm C# Throw some bread to the ducks instead, it's easier that way B Ebm Bbm G#m I feel like an alien, a stranger in an alien place
Ebm B Bbm C# The trees and I are shaken by, the same winds but whereas B Ebm The trees will lose their withered leaves Bbm G#m I just can't seem to let them loose Ebm B Bbm C# And they can't refresh me, those hot winds of the south B Ebm Bbm G#m I feel like an alien, a stranger in an alien place