Songs Out Of Clay Chords, Guitar Tab, & Lyrics by Al Stewart (2024)

Capo: 4th fretINTROC 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 a 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