The Slender Thread chords by Carrie Newcomer
Guitar chords with lyrics
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
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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 Last updated: