Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Verse 1:
D MajorD B7B7
Aly, what is incessantly on your mind?
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Well when I was 5, my mama told me that
A augmentedA D MajorD
One day we're all gonna die
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Of all places, it was in a fast food joint at night
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That left me with a bad taste in my mouth
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And a knack for existential spinning out
Verse 2:
D MajorD
"How'd that come to pass?" You may ask
B7B7
As the full moon appeared to leer and loom
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Well on the stage of a church in a kiddie pool
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She and my dad were born again
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I was an audience member beside my little sister and I didn't understand
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And they were my age then, the age that I am
Chorus:
G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
So I guess I get it better now
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Oh, the pangs of fear, the fear of being alone
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Of dying young or growing old
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Before realizing the purpose of your soul
Verse 3:
D MajorD
It was with a milkshake in her hand that
B7B7
My mama mentioned the second coming
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That as believers, we would be lifted to a
D MajorD
Brilliant kingdom in the sky
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And I couldn't fathom a place of light
D MajorD
High above the desert night
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But as an impassioned follower of my beautiful mother
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I put all of my faith in her
Chorus:
G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
You and I, we both swing in and out of fear for the future
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We lean into the sky, we're looking for that answer
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You and I, we both swing in and out of fear for the future
G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
We lean into the sky, we're looking for the answers
G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
I can see a romance in the reaching, and a tenderness in believing
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We lean into the sky, we're looking for the answers
End:
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But Mama, you didn't inspire a heavenly desire
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Just an urge to hold my life a little tighter
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Just an urge to hold my life a little tighter
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Just an urge to hold my life a little tighter