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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) 🎸 Intro: Dm C 🎸 Verse 1: Dm Here and there and gone again Firefly juice on your skin C You're glowing like an atom bomb This natural thing that you've undone Dm Outgrew older sister's clothes again Won't admit you're growing tall and thin C You like your body pulling at the seams
You're not prepared for what the future brings Dm Curse words and empty cups Cracked blacktop curling up C Heatwave by midday G Heat lightning on a summer night Dm And I remember when you used to call Holed up in the closet in the hall C Scared you wouldn't live to forty-five The same age as your father when he died G You'd say, "We need to talk F Sneak out, meet me on your block" Am I'd sit by you, silent on the curb C What to say when there is not a word? Dm Spell broke at daybreak Light another candle on the cake C Cartwheel and a broken wrist (Dm) Skin scarred and sun-kissed 🎸 Interlude: Dm C x3 🎸 Verse 2: Dm When you told me 'bout your first time The soccer player at the senior high C I felt my body crumple to the floor Betrayal like I'd never felt before Dm I thought back to many years ago A late-night promise on the telephone C We'd build a house of twigs and vines Grow old together just to pass the time G Now there's only past and present day F I can't believe a word you say Am The future isn't worth its weight in gold C Em G The future is a benevolent black hole
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