Ebsus2
When you are gone away
                                  Eb
Into darkness and howling I’ll keep him from drowning
         Ebsus2                   Bbm
As our boat is untethered from the dock

                Bbm
I’ll keep the king
           Ebsus2
Keep him safe at bay
  Eb
I’ll keep him safe from the dark things that wait
     Ebm               Ebsus2
In that house at the top of the rock
                                  Bbm
In that house at the top of the rock


[Madeleine Hyland]

[Verse 1]
  Bbm
There’ve been times I know
   Bbm
I’ll stand up up up at the bow
          Ebm                         Db
And the waves of our bodies and the smell of our follies
                           Bbm
Rips into the bark of my bones

   Bbm
You fumble through the dark
     Bbm
However wide and deep and far my dear
      Ebm                      Db
The waves made of fingers and the madness that lingers
                            Bbm
Rips into the bark of our bones


[Joey Batey & Madeleine Hyland]

[Pre-Chorus]
      Gb            Ab
And let the sea birds cry
       Gb            Ab
I’ll let the sea birds cry


[Chorus]
  Bbm
I’ll keep the king

I’ll keep the king
   Ebsus2                          Ebm
I’ll keep him safe from the dark things that wait
                                  Bbm
In that house at the top of the rock

[Joey Batey]

[Verse 2]
   Bbm
I’ll smile as I climb the stairs (to the light)
     Bbm
To the light that you keep burning there (all hell)
        Ebm                                   Db
And our muscles that are waltzing and our shadows that are bold sing
                              Bbm
Come rip up the flesh of my fears


[Madeleine Hyland]
   Bbm
I know your fingernails are the colour of rust (come back)
  Bbm
And your veins are empty of dust (but our voices)


[Both]
  Ebsus2          Ab
But our voices collide with each howl of the tide
             Ebm                         Bbm
Singing all hell and its fire waits for us


[Pre-Chorus]
     Gb                Ebsus2
And let the sea birds cry
      Gb                Ab
I’ll let the sea birds cry


[Chorus]
 Bbm
I’ll keep the king
 Bbm
I’ll keep the king
   Ebsus2                        Ebm
I’ll keep him safe from the dark things that wait
                                 Bbm
In that house at the top of the rock


[Pre-Chorus]
    Gb               Bbm
And let the sea birds cry
     Gb                  Ab
I’ll let the sea birds cry

[Joey Batey]

[Bridge]
     Gb                          Ab
The wind and its shackles, the old fishers tackles
     Bbm                        Ab
The sea and its waters, every unwanted daughter
       Gb
Every moon in the sky
     Ab
Every promise and lie


[Madeleine Hyland]
  Gb          Ab
All that matters
  Bbm           Ab
Is that you’re here
  Gb          Ab
All that matters


[Both]
    Ab
All hell
  Ab
And it’s fire
   N.C.
Waits for us


[Chorus]
  Bbm
I’ll keep the king
Bbm
I’ll keep the king
   Eb                           Ebm
I’ll keep him safe from the dark things that wait
      Ebm
In that house at the top of, in our house at the top of
Bbm
I'll keep the king
Bbm
I'll keep the king
Ab                            Ebm
I'll keep him safe from the dark things that wait in our house
        Ebsus2
At the top
        Bbm
Of the rock