INTRO: FFC VERSE: C G F C I swear I heard a bird calling high in the chestnut trees G F C The sun was so bright, that bird I couldn't see G F C No matter where I stood I couldn't see beak or wing G F C Just burning, blinding leaves, still and silent trees CHORUS: C E Were you with me then my friend? F C Are you with me now? E Were you with me then my friend? F Fm C Are you with me now? VERSE: C G F C When that cement truck, the mixer turning slow G F C Drove right past me dripping in the road F C G/B Am That swollen body spinning in circles Dm Am F C I stopped and watched it roll, roll and groan CHORUS: C E Were you with me then my friend? F C Are you with me now? E Were you with me then my friend? F Fm C Are you with me now? VERSE: C G F C When I swam alone that night, late summer dusk G F C The air so warm and still, the water wide and dark F C G/B Am Something brushed against me, I splashed and kicked in fright Dm Am F C G Such cold hands upon me, underwater vines CHORUS: C E Were you with me then my friend? F C Are you with me now? E Were you with me then my friend? F Fm Are you with me now? OUTRO: C E F Fm x5