Al Stewart – Songs Out Of Clay chords

[Intro]
C B Em B C B Em Em


[Verse 1]
      C                    B                          Em        C             G   B"Oh I know that you are an artist" she said, “for you make your songs out of clay.
    C                      B                        Em           C          G   BYou carry the dust on your hands and your face, you never quite brushed it away
         C                  Am                      G                        DYou were trying to chisel a perfect truth, when the instrument broke in your hand
        Am                     C                         Bsus4          BNow you seat all alone on the greenhouse roof, with your shoes full of sand“.
        Em                 G                  D                    C         G     B                EmAnd the golden rays of the sun divide In the slanting mists of the rain. And Maggie, is on the road again


[Verse 2]
      C                     B                          Em        C            G   B"Oh I know that you are an sailor" she said, "Till you came too close to the shore.
         C               B               Em         C    G   BAnd like any shipwrecked sailor now, you live by an open door
         C                    Am                       G                         DAnd when evening sails in the masts of the trees, your feet seem to slip on the ground
        Am                  C                             Bsus4 BAnd you long for the little ship In which you can safely drown"
        Em                   G                   D                         CAnd the silver mounds of the waves divide at the feet of the wind and the rain.
    G     B                    EmAnd Maggie, is far at the sea again


[Verse 3]
      C                    B                          Em              C            G   B"Oh I know that you are an outlaw" she said, “and you robbed both the rich and the poor.
        C                  B                  Em       C          G   BNow you seek my bed like a sanctuary, but you keep one eye on the door
         C                   Am                     G                       DAnd you press my hand in the dead of the night, and say I can heal all your wounds
       Am                          C                       Bsus4        BIn the morning your eyes just look hunted again, you'll be leaving soon"
        Em                  G                   D                     CAnd the silver, rays of the moon divide In the slanting mists of the rain.
    G     B                 EmAnd Maggie, is on the prowl again


[Verse 4]
      C                    B                          Em        C             G   B"Oh I know that you are an artist" she said, “for you make your songs out of clay.
    C                      B                        Em           C          G   BYou carry the dust on your hands and your face, you never quite brushed it away
        C                         Am                   G                     DAnd you work with your back to an open door, while the light is beginning to fade
        Am                     C                     Bsus4         BAnd the windows are liquid the sky is alive, and the night is jade“
        Em                 G                   D                     CAnd the silver rays of the moon divide In the slanting mists of the rain
    G      B                 Em BAnd Maggie, is  on the road again.


[Outro]
      Em                 G                    D                        CAnd the silver rays of the moon divide at the feet of the wind and the rain.
    G     B                   EmAnd Maggie, I'm at your door again