Chords with lyrics
Tuning: G C E A (G C E A)
Chord Changes:
Cm:(5-0-0-7)
Bb7:(3-2-1-5)
Am7:(2-0-0-3)
C9:(0-0-0-10)
C7:(0-0-0-8)
C6:(0-0-0-7)
C/F: A|-3-3-3---3-| (Strum down C four times and hammer F on 3rd strum)
E|-0-0-0h1-0-|
C|-0-0-0---0-|
G|-0-0-0h2-0-|
Picking Pattern: 1-3-2-4/G-E-C-A
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Verse 1:
F G Cm
Light struck from the lemon tree
Bb7 Am7 G F C/F
What if I’d never seen hysterical light from Eugene?
F C
Lemon yogurt
G Am G
Remember I pulled at your shirt
F
I dropped the ashtray on the floor
C/F
I just wanted to be near you
Verse 2:
F G Cm
Emerald Park, wonders never cease
Bb7 Am7 G
The man who taught me to swim
F C/F
He couldn't quite say my first name
F C G Am G
Like a Father, he led community water on my head
F
And he called me “Subaru”
C/F
And now, I want to be near you
Verse 3:
C9 C7 C6 Am G F
Since I was old enough to speak
G
I've said it with alarm
C9 C7 C6 Am G F
Some part of me was lost in your sleeve
G
Where you hid your cigarettes
F
No, I’ll never forget
C/F
I just want to be near you
Verse 4:
F G Cm
Still, I pray to what I cannot see
Bb7 Am7 G
In the sprinkler, I mark
F C/F
The evidence known from the start
F C G
From the bed near your death
Am G
And all the machines that made a mess
F
Far away, the falcon flew
C/F
Now I want to be near you
F G Cm
What’s left is only bittersweet
Bb7 Am7 G
For the rest of my life
F C/F
Admitting the best is behind me
F C
Now I’m drunk and afraid
G Am G
Wishing the world would go away
F
What’s the point of singing songs
C/F
If they’ll never even hear you?
