D               Em         Bm7
When I was just six years old
D               Em         Bm7
My mother left me by my own
D               Em         Bm7
For a day or maybe three
D               Em         Bm7
It's my longest memory
   G                   Em        D
Of all the things that we might be
    G                  Em        Bm
The sum and parts is what we leave
    G             Em    D
So if you ask me what I am
G              Em      Bm
I shall only show my hand

D               Em    Bm7
When I was a little boy
D               Em         Bm7
My father never brought me toys
D               Em         Bm7
My father only brought me blood
D               Em         Bm7
But in the end, blood's not enough
   G            Em        D
I know this is a lonely road
    G           Em        Bm
Eleven thousand miles of cold
    G                   Em    D
To trap the heart and choke it dead
G              Em      Bm
Eleven thousand miles they said
G              Em      Bm
(Eleven thousand miles they said)

[Chorus]

G
But oh my darling, don't you fear
G
I will always keep you near
G
E'en the winter chills us so
G
I will never let you go
G
Oh my darling, you will see
G
This is what you mean to me
G
More than riches, more than gold
                             
More than can be bought or 
Bm    A D G Em Bm
Sooooooooold
Bm    A D G Em Bm
Sooooooooold

[Verse]

D               Em         Bm7
Now mine is a simple prayer
D               Em         Bm7
Cast into the midnight air
D               Em         Bm7
Years enough to watch you grow
D               Em         Bm7
Years enough so you shall know
   G         Em        D
Oh this is a lonely road
    G              Em        Bm
And onwards, onwards we must go
    G                     Em    D
But yours, the gift to raise the dead
G                     Em      Bm
Love, burn a ghost inside your head
G                     Em       Bm
Love, burn a ghost inside your head


[Chorus]

G
Oh my darling, don't you fear
G
I will always be right here
G
May the winter take my soul
G
I will never let you go
G
Oh my darling, you will see
G
Everything you mean to me
G
More than riches, more than gold
                             
More than can be bought or 
Bm    A D G Em Bm
Sooooooooold
Bm    A D G Em Bm
Sooooooooold

[Outro]

D               Em         Bm7
When I was just six years old
D               Em         Bm7
My mother left me by my own
D               Em         Bm7
But oh my darling, don't you fear
D               Em         Bm7
I will always keep you near