🎸 Verse 1: C# Fm D# Tommy took a picture where I'm noticeably younger C# Skin a little softer G# A#m Slightly thinner frame C# Fm D# And contained between the corners I knew nothing of my failures C# Shortcomings were foreign G# A#m We danced through all our days C# Saw the joy in just a moment Fm D# Joy is in the making C# Joy is in the movement G# A#m Ever forward, ever to C# Fm D# So orient the portrait as a landscape composition, yeah C# Turn it on its side G# A#m And see if it makes sense to you
🎸 Refrain: C# Cm A#m Folded, framed and slightly faded C# Cm A#m He said "I'll send another soon C# Cm A#m For now just take this one and share it C# Cm A#m I didn't take it just for you." 🎸 Interlude: C# Fm D# C# G# A#m 🎸 Verse 2: C# Fm D# There's a spirit in the stairwell and a ghost in the casino C# G# A#m Putting numbers up on Monday nights to make their losses back C# And I tried my fate with fortune Fm D# It was sold as such a sure thing C# Until the bottom fell right out G# A#m But I can learn to live with that C# Fm D# It was perfectly positioned but we had to make adjustments C# G# A#m Had to sacrifice a flawless thing to see the human side C# Fm D# If the chances that you're given don't quite add up to what you've envisioned, well C# G# A#m The worst thing that I ever did was to let a good shot die 🎸 Refrain: C# Cm A#m Ana said that "time is finite" C# Cm A#m Like a kitchen hourglass tattoo C# Cm A#m And there's so much more than just catching the light right C# Cm So I stayed for more than just the view A#m D# I stayed for more than just the view C# Cm I stayed for more than just the view D# Fm I stayed for more than just the view C# Cm D# I stayed for more than just the view 🎸 Outro: G# C# Fm D# Close-captured moments A#m Golden-hour greyscale bliss G# C# Fm D# A#m One million ways to balance buildings on my fingertips G# C# Fm D# I spent a lifetime A#m Leaning into what I've missed G# C# Fm D# A#m One million ways to balance buildings on my fingertips
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