Clearing chords by Alex Pryor

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: Cm

Difficulty: Intermediate

Sorry, I really love my add9 chords.

Cm Ab Bb

Verse 1:
Cm         Eb                       Bbadd9
The leaves rustle as I take my next step
Cm           Ab                 Bb
my soul gets lighter with every breath
Cm        Eb                  F
this is a circle of forbidden land
Cm             Ebadd9
I shouldn't be here
        F
and yet here I stand

Cmadd9  Bbadd9          Abadd9           Eb  Bb
Past the spiderwebs and in the bright sunshine
Cmadd9    Bbadd9          Abadd9              Eb Bb
there's a clearing that I hope I'm going to find
       Fm        Eb               Cm                Bbsus4 Bb
with a spring to drink from and a place to catch my breath
       Fm     Eb                  Cm             Bbsus4 Bb
That's what I hope for, but is it waiting at the end?

Verse 2:

Cm                Eb            Bbadd9
In the eye of the storm of suburbia
Cm            Ab             Bb
I'm not being urged to hurry up
Cm   Eb            F
By myself I feel I belong
Cm       Ebadd9          F
out here I don't have to feel so lost

Cmadd9  Bbadd9          Abadd9          Eb  Bb
As I sit down the waves in my hair are blown
Cmadd9  Bbadd9         Abadd9        Eb Bb
by the wind telling me that I'm not alone
        Fm       Eb             Cm         Bbsus4 Bb
and the thinnest trees start to lose stability
Fm        Eb            Cm        Bbsus4 Bb
just like me, they have some fragility

Bridge:
Fm Eb Cm Bb
Fm Eb Cm Bbsus4 Bb
Fm Eb Cm Bb Fm

Verse 3:
Cmadd9     Bbadd9         Abadd9          Eb Bb
Although I haven't found a clearing quite yet,
Cmadd9   Bbadd9         Abadd9          Eb Bb
I try to own the path I took with no regret
           Fm           Eb
and though I can't turn back now
     Cm           Bbsus4 Bb
I'll find another path
   Fm      Eb                  Cm         Bbsus4 Bb
to take me to the place where I belong at last.