Am C G Dm White chalk hills are all I've knownAm C G Dm White chalk hills will rot my bonesAm C G Dm White chalk sticking to my shoesAm C G F White chalk playing as a child with youDm C G Oooh ooh oooohDm C G G Oooh ooh oooohAm C G Dm White chalk stands against timeAm C G Dm White chalk cutting down the sea at nightAm C G Dm I walk the valleys by the surfAm C G Dm On a path cut fifteen hundred years agoF G And I know these chalk hills will rot myAm C G Dm Bones Am C G Dm Am C G Dm Am C G Dm Dm Am C G Dm Dorset's cliffs meet at the seaAm C G Dm Where I walked our unborn child in meAm C G Dm White chalk, poor scattered landAm C Scratch my palmsG Dm There's blood on my hands