Wake Up John - Waltz Of The Vexed

      [INTRO]
Am        C
Am        E
Am        C
G    F    E

[VERSE 1]
Am                C
Sand, sand in her toes
Am                E
Hand holding her hand
Am                 C
Wind ripples her clothes
           G      F        E
Where the water meets the land

[VERSE 2]
Am                 C
Gone, gone is the loneliness
Am                  E
Lost, lost are the tears
Am                    C
Ebbing away with the tide
          G    F         Am
Waves of love wash away fears

[REFRAIN 1]
     Dm                Am
But then the daylight laced her face
     Dm                 E
With morn’s refreshing gleam
        Am          C
And as soon as she woke
      Dm
She recognized
   Am      Em      Am
It all was only a dream

[VERSE 3]
Am                C
Left, left every other care
Am                   E
Made, made for that place
Am                    C
Cold, shivering, but filled with fire
    G        F       E
To find his warm embrace

[VERSE 4]
Am              C
Day, Day after day she’d search
Am                E
For Those envied shores
Am                C
Driven by the relentless urge
    G        F     E
To find what she adored

[REFRAIN 2]
Dm               Am
Soon she lay her eyes upon
     Dm                Em
The seaside from her dreams
     Am    C        Dm
And swore upon her beating heart
    Am    E         Am
To daily walk that beach

[VERSE 4]
Am                  C
Time, time was her only friend
   Am                  E
As she journeyed that coast
Am                 C
Months passed away unobserved
   G             F           E
Eclipsed by the lure of the ghost

[BRIDGE]
Am
Suddenly she found
     E
The waves were churning
Am
Wind began to howl
     E
And whipped her like a scourge
Am
Everywhere around
     E
The storm was surging
Am
Hear the thunder sound
     E
And lightning flash in turn

Am         E
Lost and alone
Am            E
Far from her home
    Am      C        Dm
She saw at once that all was lost
    Am          E           Am
Her life at the will of the swell

[VERSE 5]
Am                      C
Until through all the flood and foam
    Am                  E
She saw an outstretched hand
Am                      C
Standing strong in the raging gale
    G     F     Am
Was her elusive man

[REFRAIN 3]
Dm                  Am
Please take care of me, she said
Dm                   E
Please don’t let me drown
       Am           C        Dm
But as soon as she spoke the tide rushed in
     Am         E             Am
And ripped her feet from the ground

Dm                  Am
Then the phantom faded thin
Dm                 E
Melting into the storm
    Am    C     Dm
A faded smile flecked his lips
       Am
As he claimed another victim to his charms

Am        C
Am        E
Am        C
G    F    Am