Instruments
| G D | Em7 B7 | C Cm7 | G |
A1
| G D | Em7 B7 | I've seen it last for thirty years Seen it bloom and end in tears| C Cm7 | G | I've seen it after school and in the park
A2
| G D | Em7 B7 | Sat right across me on the tube Seen it miss a stop or two| C Cm7 | G G D/F# | Seen it trying not to fall apart
B1
| Em7 B7 | Em7 A7 | I've heard it laced in every song And still the words all come out wrong| C Cm7 | G | It doesn't always answer when you call
A3
| G D | Em7 B7 | Brings out the worst, brings out the best I understand it less and less| C Cm7 | G | I guess I'm not supposed to know it all
C
| C D | G |I've seen it dance with friends around the table | C D | G |In Eleanor, Rosie and Louise | C D | Em7 A7 |And it makes me cry to think that I am able | Am7 | D |To give it back the way it gives to me
A4
| G D | Em7 B7 | I've seen it grow old and forget Until it's just a silhouette| C Cm7 | G | 'Til someone picks it up and sends it on
A5
| G D B/D# | I've seen the films, I've read the books | Em B7 | My mum and dad, they got me hooked| C Cm7 | G | The fairy tale, the search goes on and on
B2
| Em7 B7 | Em7 A7 | The more you look, the more you find It's all around you all the time| C Cm7 | G | Catches your eye, you blink and then it's gone
A6 [Ending]
| G D/F# | Brings out the worst, brings out the best | Em B7 | I know it's somewhere in my chest| C Cm7 | G | I guess it's been inside me all along
