ASSEMBLY OF DUST
Avenue of the Giants
Written by Reid Genauer
From the album Sun Shot
Lyrics
I went for a walk with the winter,
I was waiting for it to snow,
when darkness breathed a dying breath
for a day it could not know.
Well I’m sure as hell that it would come again,
so I strung my guitar with the wind.
Can you hear it, can you hear it play?
Can you hear it, can you hear it play?
On the Avenue of the Giants there’s a slip of a girl,
she’s a storybook hero in a very real world,
wading in the tides of the sun,
a girl and the story were one.
Can you hear it, can you hear it play?
Can you hear it, can you hear it play?
Fall down, fall down, ohhh—
I rue the day, but I like the hour, ohhh.
In the dimly lit hours of a long winter’s night,
with twisted understanding and soft decaying light,
I got up out of bed in my bare feet,
I was wandering and wondering in my sleep.
Can you hear it, can you hear it play?
Some folks love and some folks fear it.
Can you hear it, can you hear it play?
Can you hear it, can you hear it play?
Some folks love and some folks fear it.
Can you hear it, can you hear it play?
Chords
Source: Chordify_Assembly-of-Dust-09-Avenue-of-the-Giants.pdf (tempo ≈ 107 BPM, key Gm).[file:272]
[Intro]
Gm | Gm | Gm | Gm
[Verse 1]
Gm Dm
I went for a walk with the winter,
Gm Dm
I was waiting for it to snow,
Gm Dm
when darkness breathed a dying breath
Gm Dm
for a day it could not know.
Gm Dm
Well I’m sure as hell that it would come again,
Gm Dm
so I strung my guitar with the wind.
[Hook]
Gm
Can you hear it, can you hear it play?
Dm
Can you hear it, can you hear it play?
[Verse 2 – “On the Avenue…”]
Gm Dm
On the Avenue of the Giants there’s a slip of a girl,
Gm Dm
she’s a storybook hero in a very real world,
Gm Dm
wading in the tides of the sun,
Gm Dm
a girl and the story were one.
[Hook]
Gm
Can you hear it, can you hear it play?
Dm
Can you hear it, can you hear it play?
[Refrain – “Fall down…”]
F E
Fall down, fall down, ohhh—
Gm C
I rue the day, but I like the hour, ohhh.
[Verse 3 – “In the dimly lit hours…”]
Gm Dm
In the dimly lit hours of a long winter’s night,
Gm Dm
with twisted understanding and soft decaying light,
Gm Dm
I got up out of bed in my bare feet,
Gm Dm
I was wandering and wondering in my sleep.
[Final hooks]
Gm
Can you hear it, can you hear it play?
Dm
Some folks love and some folks fear it.
Gm
Can you hear it, can you hear it play?
Dm
Can you hear it, can you hear it play?
Gm
Some folks love and some folks fear it.
Dm
Can you hear it, can you hear it play?
[Outro]
Gm | Gm | Gm | Gm
End on Gm.