Rusty And Blue chords by David Crosby

• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Key: Dm

Intro:

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Verse 1:
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How can I sweep these words into a cluster
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Put 'em in a pile like feathers on your floor?
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Voyages and sea forests deep blue and rusty
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Sew 'em in a satchel 'n leave 'em at your door
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People's lives, people's whose lives
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  They fascinate me
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All my life, all my life
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I've wanted to understand


Verse 2:
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There's a man on the corner he's got the moon in his eyes
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He just comes here to visit and he wears a disguise
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And I wonder if he's looking for friends or for truth
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I think he's calling for some in that telephone booth
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And the smiling woman answers
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She defeats fear with her eyes
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She thinks life's fine so I think she's wise
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And my heart wants to give her a gift so grand
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That it will speak for me and tell her just where I stand
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And I stand on a pillar and it's melting like ice
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Of years that I've lived and some I've lived twice
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And I have all these feathers and leaves on my floor
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That I don't want just blowing around loose anymore


Bridge:
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And I feel a need to gather to rummage and fetch
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To shake out my life and give it a stretch
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To bring shells to the surface, give 'em to you
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Gifts from the sea floor rusty and blue


[Interlude]
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Verse 3:
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Now these two lives hold my attention quite well
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You see lives almost never  run parallel
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Like the boards in the flooring all deep grained and worn
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Fated and fitted long before we were born
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People's lives, people's whose lives
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They fascinate me
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All my life, all my life
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I've wanted to understand
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Understand


Outro:
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