The Blue of the Sky

by Per Nordgren

      Verse 1

F                           Fm
This world's a wondrous, peculiar place

   C

In any number of ways

F               Fm
Under a wide cerulean dome

C                          F
Is the place that we call home

      Dm               Am
Is it perfect, no it's not

             F              G
But it's the only one we've got

Em          Am
Usually not one to boast

    B7                  Em
But I've traversed it's innermost

    Em             Am
I ignored all the ifs and buts

B7              Em
To explore its very guts

Em                          Am
Through miles and miles of solid ground

    B7             Em
And this is what I found

      Chorus

    D
The blue of the sky

    Bm
Is a tonic for the eye

       F#m
And the grass, where it grows

   Em
Is where to place your toes

   D
My soul is stirred

       Bm
By the chirping of a bird

         F#m
The very sight, by the way

       Em
Of the moonlight on the bay

          A
Fills me up with surprise

                     D
So does a simple sunrise

      Verse 2

I've often wondered, now I know
What it's like down below
First of all, I must remark
There is beauty in the dark
But some things that I have seen
Made me long for pastures green
Where the air is soft and clean
And there's nothing in between
You and the ones you love
And the blue skies up above
Now that I'm coming up for air
I must declare

      Chorus

The blue of the sky
Is a tonic for the eye
And the grass, where it grows
Is where to place your toes
My soul is stirred
By the chirping of a bird
The very slight, by the way
Of the moonlight on the bay
Fills me up with surprise
So does a simple sunrise

      Ending bit

Am                     Em
Under the continental shelf

   E7              Am
I tried to find myself

       F                Em

I went searching in the caves

       E7                Am
For that one thing that saves

   Am                  Em 
I would not give up before

    E7                 Am
I finally reached the core

       F                  Em
What I saw there made me weak

E7                       Am
Things of which I cannot speak

               Am                       Em
And though I'm thankful for all that I learned

   E7            Am
I never shall return