The Slender Thread chords by Carrie Newcomer

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
F  C   G  C
F  C   G  C
F  C   G  C
F  C   G

Verse:
    F                         Am
The car wheels hummed and the radio whined
    F        C       G         C
The rise and fall of telephone lines
      F                          Am
I was trying to remember the last thing you said
        F         C              G
Holding on to the slender thread

Verse:
       F                         Am
I was awakened last night by the knife of a moon
          F              C              G        C
I've been spooling out a thread from my heart to you
           F             Am
Don't give up on me, whatever you do
            F         C              G   D7
I'm holding on to the slender thread

Chorus:
G                       Am
Look up and bless every guiding star
      F                  G
We've worked so hard and come so far
                  Am
Home is still wherever you are
        F         G       F      C   G  C   F  C   G
Holding on to the slender thread

Verse:
  F                   Am
I never knew it would come to this
         F       C       G        C
That the world I knew no longer exists
      F                         Am
I can still feel it burn like a place you kissed
        F         C              G
Holding on to the slender thread

Chorus:
                        Am
Look up and bless every guiding star
      F                  G
We've worked so hard and come so far
                  Am
Home is still wherever you are
        F         G       F
Holding on to the slender thread

Instrumental:
F  C   G  C   F  C   G
F    Am    F  C   G

Bridge:
F                    G                      Am
Scams and scriptures posted by the roadside
F                      G                         Am
Whole stories hung out loose on the clotheslines
         F                     G
I left a trail of crumbs and a paper map
       Am                    N.C. G N.C. F        G
As the miles unravel, it's love   that   calls me back

Verse:
          F                 Am
I used to lay out altars in hotel rooms
       F           C           G            C
On cigarette burnt tables, and check out at noon
  F                         Am
A stone and a feather and a letter from you
        F         C              G
Holding on to the slender thread

Chorus:
G                       Am
Look up and bless every guiding star
      F                  G
We've worked so hard and come so far
                  Am          G
Home is still wherever you are___

Chorus:
G                       Am
Look up and bless every guiding star
      F                  G
We've worked so hard and come so far
                  Am
Home is still wherever you are
        F         G       F
Holding on to the slender thread

Outro:
F  C   G  C   F  C   G
F  C   G  C   F  C   G