Chord transcription by Mikayel Abazyan mikayelabazyan@yahoo.com
E A
The lady was in waiting
E A
for whatever story might unfold
E A E A
anticipating that somehow base metal would turn into gold
C
yeh, she was always looking for a brighter spot,
B
eager to tap into the motherlode
E
at the edge of the road.
E A
A world of separation,
E A
treasuring each pleasure and each pain
E A
distance is arching between them,
E A
a rainbow, no gold in the frame
C
until the boy with a smile like forget-me-nots
Bb
will finally come in from the rain.
E
But he's out there still:
A B
in the hourglass a sandstorm has stripped his sails,
E
only wanting to fill up his pockets
A B
with the dust of all the bygone trails.
C#m B ?
Someday he'll make his way home.
A F#m B
But will the man of the moment finally make himself known
A
and lay down his load
B E A
at the edge of the road?
B E A
at the edge of the road?
E A
The woman was in waiting
E A
less in expectation than in hope;
C
maybe he'd come to his senses in a little while
Bb
if she just paid out plaits of flaxen rope.
E
But he never will,
B
in his heart there's the murmur of an alien disease,
E
waking up to the chill of the knowledge
A B
that his travel's brought him to his knees.
C#m B
Nowhere is safe from all harm;
A F#m AB ??????
so will the man of her memory fall finally into her arms
(will the man of her memory be charmed?)
A
before he explodes
B E
at the edge of the road?
E A
All is suddenly abandon,
E A
all his planned accommodation failed,
E A
all his actions and reactions are random,
E A
hot on the scent of a stone-cold trail.
C
And though she burns a candle to his memory
B
all of her patience was bound to fail
E
for he's out there still
A B
with a thousand-mile stare falling on his face,
E
chasing after a thrill
A B
that'll take him out beyond all sense of time and place.
A B A
Head on into the unknown,
A B
here's the man chasing mystery finally missing his own.
A B
But that's how it goes
E G
at the edge of the road.
E A
There's a cutting edge to the road
E A E A
at the end of the road,
E A E A
at the edge of the road.
C E A E A E A E A C B E