v = the next note is lower
^ = the next note is higher
~ = trill
m = minor
M = major
6 = first inversion; third of the chord in the bass
6/4 = second inversion; fifth of the chord in the bass
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INTRO:
Melody: C v G ^ B v F ^ A
Chords: cm6 // GM6/4 // FM
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Melody: C v G ^ B v F ^ A V G V ~F~
Chords: cm6 // GM64 // FM //
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cm -- BbM -- AbM
AbM -- BbM -- cm(add9)
(x 2)
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VERSES:
cm
I am out here studying stones
Bb
Trying to learn to be less alive
Ab
Using all of my will
Bb
To keep very still
cm cm (add9)
Still even on the inside
cm
I've cut all of the pertinent wires
Bb
So my eyes can't make that connection
Ab
I am holding my breath
Bb
I am feigning my death
cm cm(add9)
When I'm looking in your direction
~~~
EbM
'Course numb is an old hat
DbM
Old as my oldest memories
Ab
See that one's my mother
Bb
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And that one's my father
cm cm(add9)
And that one in the hat, that's me
EbM
It's a skill I'd hoped to abandon
Bb?
When I got out on the open road
FM?
But any more pent up emotion
Bb? cm(add9)
And I think I'm gonna explode
~~~
cm cm(add9)
There's never been an endeavor so strange
Bb
As trying to slow the blood in my veins
Ab
To keep my face blank
Bb
As a stone that just sank
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Until not a ripple remains
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I am high above the tree line
Bb
Sitting cross legged on the ground
Ab
When all of the forbidden fruit
Bb
has fallen and rotted
cm cm(add9)
That's when I'm gonna come down
~~~
EbM
'Course numb is an old hat
DbM
Old as my oldest memories
Ab
See that one's my mother
Bb
And that one's my father
cm cm(add9)
And that one in the hat, that's me
EbM
It's a skill I'd hoped to abandon
Bb?
When I got out on the open road
FM?
But any more pent up emotion
Bb? cm(add9)
And I think I'm gonna explode
END ON:
cm(add9)
