Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Difficulty: Novice
Intro:
Fmaj7Fmaj7
Verse 1:
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Ease your feet off in the sea
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My darling, it's the place to be
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Take your shoes off, curl your toes
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And I will frame this moment in time
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Troubles come and troubles go
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The troubles that we used to know
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Will stay with us until we get old
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Will stay with us until somebody decides to go
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Decides to go
Verse 2:
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Soberly, without regret, I make another sandwich
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And I fill my face
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I know that things have got to you
But what can I do?
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Suddenly, without a warning
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On a pale blue morning
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You decide your time is wearing thin
Bbmaj7Bbmaj7 C majorC
A augmentedA conscious choice to let yourself go dangling
C majorC
Hovering
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It's an emergency
BbmBbm
There's no more "wait and see"
Instrumental:
Fmaj7Fmaj7 Bbmaj7Bbmaj7 x4
Verse 3:
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Maybe if I shut my eyes
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Your trouble will be split between us
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People come and people go
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You're scouring everybody's face
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For some small flicker of the truth
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To what it is that you are going through, my boy
I left you dry
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The signs were clear that you were not going anywhere
C majorC
Anywhere
Bb majorBb BbmBbm
Save for a falling down, save for a falling down
C majorC
Anywhere
C majorC
Anywhere
Bb majorBb
Save for a falling down
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Everything's going high
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Verse 3:
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Later on, as I walked home
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The plough was showing, and Orion
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I could see the house where you lived
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I could see the house where you gave
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All your time and sanity to people
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Then you waited for the people to acknowledge you
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They spoke in turn
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But their eyes would pass over you
C majorC
Over you
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Who's seeing you at all?
Who's seeing you at all?