Folk Insomnia chords by Darren Hanlon

Chords with lyrics

to pick up.


Capo: 3rd fret

C: X3201X
D: X0321X
G: 32000X


Intro: C majorC D MajorD G+G C majorC


C majorC            D MajorD
There's rumbling in the head again
G+G            C majorC
Inside the head there lived a brain
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Inside the brain there lived a dream
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That shot round like a laser beam
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Along nerve endings and synapses
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Past the room for memory lapses
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Bought about by alcohol
   G+G       C majorC
That causes all the cell collapses

C majorC D MajorD G+G C majorC


C majorC             D MajorD
Now, that dream's not the only one
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I had plenty more when I was young
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But I grew up in a big hurry
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And then one day I start to worry that
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I'm gonna be a goner before I read all the books I wanna
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If I plant a tree now it'll be fully grown
   G+G       C majorC
Long after I'm just dust and bone and
C majorC    D MajorD       C majorC     G+G
Now I can't sleep, it's already 3 AM
    C majorC      D MajorD        G+G         C majorC
And Im lying here dividing sheep by the square root of ten

C majorC D MajorD G+G C majorC


C majorC         D MajorD
So I gave away my clothes to charity
  G+G      C majorC
I turned off my TV for clarity
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And somedays I still envy those
  G+G       C majorC
Walking around wearing my clothes


       G+G         D MajorD     C majorC
So I'll just plant a tree I'll never see grow
   G+G            D MajorD      C majorC
Put a seed in the ground where no one'll know
    G+G           D MajorD    C majorC
Gonna make my plan when the morning breaks
    G+G          D MajorD     C majorC
But I just don't know how long it'll take


C majorC D MajorD G+G C majorC


C majorC              D MajorD
I keep hearing voices and ringing phones
     G+G           C majorC
But Im staring down a highway all alone
C majorC              D MajorD
With just the company of my stomach rumble
    G+G      C majorC
And I feel OK, it makes me humble
C majorC          D MajorD
Without a load that I must carry
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Or a bump in the road to make to tarry
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    C majorC
Just a pile of ashes from the miles I've burned and everything Ive learned

C majorC
What have I learned?

        C majorC         D MajorD
Don't walk in front of cars or behind horses
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Cats don't drink milk out of flying saucers
C majorC
Green means go
D MajorD
Yellow: go faster
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Red means stop or financial disaster
C majorC          D MajorD             G+G     C majorC
And don't ever underestimate the fitness of a determined Jehovahs witness
C majorC          D MajorD           G+G        C majorC
And don't ever ever take for granted what grew from every kiss you planted
C majorC              D MajorD
If a heart can break then a heart can feel
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It's to know that you're alive and real
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Like the rattlin, bouncin little white ball
    G+G     C majorC
Not a number on a roulette wheel
C majorC      D MajorD       C majorC        G+G
And hair it turns grey and skin it turns to leather
     C majorC        D MajorD         G+G     C majorC
But the best thing about growing old is we all do it together


       G+G         D MajorD     C majorC
So I'll just plant a tree I'll never see grow
   G+G            D MajorD      C majorC
Put a seed in the ground where no one'll know
    G+G           D MajorD    C majorC
Gonna make my plan when the morning breaks
    G+G          D MajorD     C majorC
But I just don't know how long it'll take


C majorC D MajorD G+G C majorC


C majorC                    D MajorD
They say that a love that's shared is a love that's carried
    G+G            C majorC
All the way to the church where you'll be married
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     C majorC
And it's a long old way down the aisle to alter and you don't have the time to falter
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Love will always come and go I hope
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But sometimes love goes up in smoke
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And you're left there with the greedy ghost
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And just when you need them most
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Some of your friends have disappeared
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And others started acting weird
      C majorC            D MajorD
And you’re left on your bed with an awful feeling
       G+G            C majorC
Till you've learned by heart all the cracks in the ceiling
C majorC           D MajorD           G+G
 C majorC
And you think Oh god I just related to that awful love song I always hated
C majorC          D MajorD           G+G        C majorC
And the past it all becomes distorted like it was broke before you bought it
C majorC          D MajorD
Remember, you're the one who paid
      G+G       C majorC
Pulled the pin out of the hand grenade
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It's up to you to leave your room
   G+G       C majorC
But don't forget to bring your spade


      G+G          D MajorD     C majorC
So you can plant a tree you'll never see grow
   G+G            D MajorD     C majorC
Put a seed in the ground where no one'll know
   G+G       D MajorD     C majorC
Gonna make my plan forever to roam
   G+G          D MajorD   C majorC
Gonna feed my nan in the nursing home
   G+G            D MajorD    C majorC
Gonna make that plan when the morning breaks
   G+G          D MajorD      C majorC
But I just don't know how long It'll take