Chords for Simon & Garfunkel - The Dangling Conversation

_ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Gm] _ It's a still life [F]
watercolour of [Bb] a now late [F] afternoon _ _
[Eb] As the sun shines [C] through the curtain lace [Bb] and shadows [Gm] wash the room
[Bb] And [Gm] _ we sit and drink [Eb] our [Gm] coffee
_ _ [Ab] Couched in our indifference [G] like shells upon the shore
You [F] can hear the ocean roar
_ _ In the dangling conversation
_ And the superficial [Eb] _ sighs
The borders of [Bb] our _ lives
And _ you read your [F] Emily Dickinson _
[Bb] And I my [F] Robert Frost
And [Eb] we note our [Cm] place with bookmarkers
[Bb] That measure what [Gm] we've lost
[Bb] _ _ [Gm] Like a poem [Eb] poorly written
[Gm] _ _ We [Ab] are verses out of rhythm
[G] Couplets out of rhyme
[F] In [Bb] syncopated time
And the dangling conversation _ _
[Bb] And the superficial [Eb] sighs
_ Are the [Bb] borders of our lives _ _ _
Yes [Eb] we speak of things [F] that matter
_ _ [Eb] With words that [F] must be said
Can [Bb] analysis be [Cm] worthwhile?
_ Is the theatre really dead? _ _
_ And how [Gm] the room is [Eb] softly faded _
[Gm] _ And [Ab] I only kiss your shadow
[G] I cannot feel your hand
[F] You're a stranger now unto me
Lost [Ebm] in the dangling [F] conversation
And [Gm] the superficial [Eb] sighs
In the [Bb] borders of our lives
[Gm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _