EAST OF HERE
(Kitson/Kitson)
Transcribed by Phil Gardner
Dm Bb Dm
I think I've found the answer, moving east of here,
Bb Gm A
Where the flat lands stretch away to meet the silent sea,
Gm A
To meet the silent sea.
Dm Bb Dm
Where the dune grass whispers, the oil drums lie and rust,
Bb Gm A
Watch the distant tankers glide away at dusk,
Gm A
Glide away at dusk.
Dm Gm A Dm
And I am moving, moving away,
Gm A Dm-Bb-Dm-Bb
Drifting on the west wind, through the clear, and moving east of here.
Dm Bb Dm
Jesus never walked here, not on Canvey Island,
Bb Gm A
Looking for his footprints along the railway line,
Gm A
Along the railway line.
Dm Bb Dm
Skeletons of deckchairs half eaten by the sand dunes,
Bb Gm A
Windows of the tea shop grey with salt and dust,
Gm A
Are grey with salt and dust.
Dm Gm A Dm
And I am moving, moving away,
Gm A Dm-Bb-Dm-Bb
Drifting on the west wind, through the clear, and moving east of here.
Gm A
They bombed it flat in '41, they built the oil refinery,
Bb
Sadder than the seagulls, I'm looking out to sea, looking out to see,
A
I see him walking across the water to me.
Dm Gm A Dm
And I am moving, moving away,
Gm A Dm
Drifting on the west wind, through the clear, and moving east of here,
Dm Gm A Dm
And I am moving, moving away,
Gm A Dm-Bb-Dm-Bb
Drifting on the west wind, through the clear, and moving east of here.
Dm-Bb Dm Bb
I'm moving east of here, I'm moving east of here,
Dm Bb
Moving east of here,
I'm drifting.
