In the dreamtime

C G C F - C Am Dm - G

1. The scent of smoke on desert wind beneath the Southern Cross,

C G C F - C Am Dm - G

far beyond where time begins and generations lost.

C F C

I could not be further from you now,

Am F G

with both feet on the ground.

C ~ G C

But in the dreamtime souls take flight,

F C G C

and I am closer to you now.

C G C F - C Am Dm G

2. If I should lay me down to sleep by forest green or shining lake,

C G C F - C Am G C

I could arise to find it gone to take for granted my mistake

Yet + CHORUS

C G - C F - C Am Dm G

3. Mountains crumble, forests vanish, seeds awakened by the fire,

C G C F - C Am G C

water, air and earth have born them and I can feel my own ones near.

Yet + CHORUS

C G - C F - C Am Dm G

4. Flames are dancing in the fire, timeless songs are on the air,

C G C F - C Am G C

in the wilderness they're crying, but there's laughter everywhere

F C G C

And + CHORUS (ending in a) + and I am closer to you now.

(Ralph McTell)