Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
FF C majorC E minorEm A minorAm
FF C majorC G+G C majorC
Verse:
FF C majorC E minorEm A minorAm
First there is the folding in
FF C majorC G+G C majorC
To gather light and dark to you
FF C majorC G+G A minorAm
The journey down so far that it
FF C majorC G+G C majorC
Has nowhere else to go but through
Verse:
FF C majorC E minorEm A minorAm
I thought if I tried hard enough
FF C majorC G+G C majorC
With endless motion like a bribe
FF C majorC G+G A minorAm
As if by this the will of god
FF C majorC G+G C majorC
Could be bent to my version of right
Chorus:
FF A minorAm Dm7Dm7 C majorC FF
What happens next is nearly weightless
Dm7Dm7 A minorAm E minorEm FF
The opening where we stand breathless
G+G FF C majorC E minorEm A minorAm FF C majorC G+G C majorC
On the clean edge of change___
Verse:
FF C majorC E minorEm A minorAm
She cannot live beneath my wings
FF C majorC G+G C majorC
No more will he see seventy
FF C majorC G+G A minorAm
How many mornings did I wake
FF C majorC G+G C majorC
And wished that it be you I'd see?
Chorus:
FF A minorAm Dm7Dm7 C majorC FF
What happens next is nearly weightless
Dm7Dm7 A minorAm E minorEm FF
The opening where we stand breathless
G+G FF C majorC E minorEm A minorAm FF C majorC G+G C majorC
On the clean edge of change___
Bridge:
FF A minorAm FF A minorAm
And who am I, who makes this sound?
FF A minorAm Dm7Dm7 A minorAm FF
Who rode the shadow all the way down?
G+G
To the clean edge of change
Instrumental:
FF C majorC E minorEm A minorAm
FF C majorC G+G C majorC
FF C majorC E minorEm A minorAm
FF C majorC G+G C majorC
Verse:
FF C majorC E minorEm A minorAm
In the clear space of knowing that
FF C majorC G+G C majorC
There's as many names for dark as light
FF C majorC G+G A minorAm
I'm choosing mostly now to speak
FF C majorC G+G C majorC
The ones that get me through the night
Verse:
FF C majorC E minorEm A minorAm
But always with humility
FF C majorC G+G C majorC
With a worn out but a grateful heart
FF C majorC G+G A minorAm FF
Having sang so recently
C majorC G+G C majorC
Full-throated in the dark
Chorus:
FF A minorAm Dm7Dm7 C majorC FF
What happens next is nearly weightless
Dm7Dm7 A minorAm E minorEm FF
The opening where we stand breathless
G+G FF C majorC E minorEm A minorAm FF C majorC G+G C majorC
On the clean edge of change___
Verse:
FF C majorC E minorEm A minorAm
First there is the folding in
FF C majorC G+G C majorC
To gather light and dark to you
FF C majorC G+G A minorAm
The journey down so far that it
FF C majorC G+G C majorC
Has nowhere else to go but through