The Slender Thread That Binds Us Here chords by Kathy Mattea

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Kathy Mattea - The Slender Thread That Binds Us Here


CAPO: 1st Fret


INTRO: F6F6 C majorC G+G FF C majorC FF A minorAm G+G C majorC

CHORUS:
F6F6 C majorC    G+G     FF    C majorC
The dawn of youth, the twilight years
  FF   A minorAm    G+G
The tender night we hold so dear
F6F6 C majorC   G+G  FF    C majorC
The memory of a smile, a tear
  FF    A minorAm     G+G    C majorC  F6F6 C majorC
The slender thread that binds us here

      G+G       FF
I know the way from here
     C majorC       FF
Trying to hide my tears
      A minorAm      G+G       F6F6 C majorC
Crying for grace at the end of the day
     G+G
I want to hold you and
FF     C majorC
Never let go, but I
FF      A minorAm        G+G     C majorC
Will come to find that you're slipping away


CHORUS:
F6F6 C majorC    G+G     FF    C majorC
The dawn of youth, the twilight years
  FF   A minorAm    G+G
The tender night we hold so dear
F6F6 C majorC   G+G  FF    C majorC
The memory of a smile, a tear
  FF    A minorAm     G+G    C majorC  F6F6 C majorC
The slender thread that binds us here

     G+G        FF
I long to speak with you
     C majorC
I try to reach for you
FF     A minorAm        G+G       F6F6 C majorC
Wake up to find that there's nobody home
    G+G       FF
I walk away from here
      C majorC
Still I can feel you here
FF    A minorAm     G+G   C majorC
Forever with me, forever alone

BRIDGE:
  E minorEm     FF    G+G   C majorC
So strong they hold, to be let go
  Bb majorBb     FF     C majorC    G+G
And still they're there, light as air


INSTRUMENTAL: F6F6 C majorC G+G FF C majorC FF A minorAm G+G


CHORUS:
F6F6 C majorC   G+G  FF    C majorC
The memory of a smile, a tear
  FF    A minorAm       G+G      FF  G+G A minorAm Bb majorBb FF G+G C majorC
The slender thread___ that binds___ us here


CHORUS:    (## repeat and fade to end ##)
F6F6 C majorC    G+G     FF    C majorC
The dawn of youth, the twilight years
  FF   A minorAm    G+G
The tender night we hold so dear
F6F6 C majorC   G+G  FF    C majorC
The memory of a smile, a tear
  FF    A minorAm     G+G    C majorC