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The Speed Of Soul chords by Carrie Newcomer

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramDmDm  Chord diagramE minorEm  Chord diagramFF
Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramA minorAm   Chord diagramFF  Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramA minorAm   Chord diagramFF

Verse:
            Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramDmDm   Chord diagramE minorEm     Chord diagramFF
I found her sleeping in a Kansas truck stop
     Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramA minorAm      Chord diagramFF
In a corner booth
           Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramA minorAm                   Chord diagramFF
She'd been waiting there for months and that's the truth

Verse:
    Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramDmDm      Chord diagramE minorEm   Chord diagramFF
She looked at me with wary eyes
            Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramA minorAm     Chord diagramFF
She'd heard all my lies
        Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramA minorAm               Chord diagramFF
She was not surprised, she only looked at me and shook her head

Chorus:
     Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramA minorAm        Chord diagramFF
Come back__, come home
    Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramA minorAm       Chord diagramFF
I'm gath'ring the crumbs and the stones
     Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramA minorAm   Chord diagramFF              Chord diagramG7G7       Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramDmDm  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramFF
Been travelling faster than my soul can go

Verse:
    Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramDmDm        Chord diagramE minorEm     Chord diagramFF
One subject line, one click away
           Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramA minorAm    Chord diagramFF
But at the end of the day
           Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramA minorAm                  Chord diagramFF
I couldn't even say the things that I had done

Verse:
     Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramDmDm      Chord diagramE minorEm       Chord diagramFF
So I spent the morning sweeping floors
         Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramA minorAm     Chord diagramFF
I didn't want much more
        Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramA minorAm             Chord diagramFF
Than to do just one thing at a time and call it mine

Chorus:
     Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramA minorAm        Chord diagramFF
Come back__, come home
    Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramA minorAm       Chord diagramFF
I'm gath'ring the crumbs and the stones
     Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramA minorAm   Chord diagramFF              Chord diagramG7G7       Chord diagramC majorC
Been travelling faster than my soul can go

Instrumental:
Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramDmDm  Chord diagramE minorEm  Chord diagramFF
Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramA minorAm   Chord diagramFF  Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramA minorAm   Chord diagramFF

Bridge:
  Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramA minorAm         Chord diagramFF
Before songs were grooves and lines
Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramA minorAm        Chord diagramFF
Caught in jars like fireflies
    Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramA minorAm      Chord diagramFF
The only place a song was held
                                Chord diagramA minorAm
Soft or razor-sharp, was in the heart

Verse:
       Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramDmDm     Chord diagramE minorEm      Chord diagramFF
Mister Gatling made a Gatling gun
              Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramA minorAm    Chord diagramFF
He thought it would end war
          Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramA minorAm                   Chord diagramFF
Who could send some mother's son through such a door?

Verse:
    Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramDmDm          Chord diagramE minorEm       Chord diagramFF
But bullets move at the speed of cold
          Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramA minorAm     Chord diagramFF
Drones do as they're told
        Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramA minorAm                Chord diagramFF
And the men go home at night and kiss the wife
Chord diagramFF
And watch TV and never see
Chord diagramFF
All those souls untethered, floating out to sea

Chorus:
     Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramA minorAm        Chord diagramFF
Come back__, come home
      Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramA minorAm       Chord diagramFF
We'll gather the crumbs and the stones
     Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramA minorAm   Chord diagramFF             Chord diagramG7G7       Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramDmDm  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramFF
Been travelling faster than a soul can go

Chorus:
     Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramA minorAm        Chord diagramFF
Come back__, come home
      Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramA minorAm       Chord diagramFF
We're gath'ring the crumbs and the stones
     Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramA minorAm   Chord diagramFF               Chord diagramG7G7       Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramDmDm  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramFF
Been travelling faster than our soul can go
                Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramDmDm  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramFF
Faster than our soul can go
                Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramC majorC
Faster than our soul - can go

Outro:
Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramDmDm  Chord diagramE minorEm  Chord diagramFF
Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramA minorAm   Chord diagramFF  Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramA minorAm   Chord diagramFF

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