More Heat Than Light

(Written by Chris Eckman; Wolffsongs/BMG Uta Musikverlage; Appears on the Walkabouts album "Ended Up a Stranger")

(Chords sent in by Ewan Burke.)




[INTRO D for 4 bars]

G                D
I never met your castanets
        Am
I never met them Spanish singers
         G                    D
said you drank with them,in a Hamburg bar
          Am
drank all night, though they were younger
           G              D
and in the taxi home, you lost your phone
                Am
though you say, you're better off without it
G                      D
I never lose my temper anymore
         Am
though I know just where to find it

Bm                   Am
there are moments of grace
Bm                 Em
in the heat of the chase

[CH.]
G              Cm
more heat than light
G              Am   Cm
more heat than light
G              Cm
more heat than light
G              Am   Cm   D
more heat than light

G                   D
a freeway overpass, in the fog
    Am
the future catches us quickly
               G             D
and though the sky is what I wish I saw
     Am
I'll settle for your memory
G
crippled pigeons earthquake stores
D
gypsies sweep you to the door
Am
terracotta traces
G                  D
I remember all the towns
Am
but not the faces

Bm                   Am
there are moments of grace
Bm                 Em
in the heat of the chase

[CH.]
G              Cm
more heat than light
G              Am   Cm
more heat than light
G              Cm
more heat than light
G              Am   Cm   D
more heat than light


G                D
tremblin' hands, tremblin' knees
    Am
the shiverin' of souls, the surrenderin' of greed
G
your friends all told me that you
D                      Am
you knew what you were doin'
G
silk or cedar ivory or bone
      D
not a single kiss is worth a stone
          Am
unless we say it is
          G
unless we pray it is
Cm           G
come on, and say it is

[CH.]
Cm             G
more heat than light
Cm             G    Am
more heat than light
Cm             G
more heat than light
Cm             G    Am
more heat than light
Cm             G
more heat than light
Cm             G    Am   Cm
more heat than light

[OUTRO D for several bars]