L-dopa chords by Laura Stevenson

Chords with lyrics (Ver. 2)

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
G+G Cmaj7Cmaj7 E minorEm D/F#D/F# (x2)

Verse 1:
   G+G       G+G    Cmaj7Cmaj7
I'm a bright, white egg and I incubate
   E minorEm     D/F#D/F#     G+G
In a warm, yellow light in the winter
     G+G     G+G      Cmaj7Cmaj7
And I'll hatch on a snow-covered morning
  E minorEm      D/F#D/F#      G+G
And no one will be awake to see it happen

      Cmaj7Cmaj7          D MajorD
There is no history, there's no expectation
   E minorEm     D/F#D/F#    G+G
Just warm, yellow light on my skin
  G+G                Cmaj7Cmaj7
And I'm blessed by my mother, though I'll never know her
     E minorEm   D/F#D/F#   G+G
And I'll never be lonesome again

Verse 2:
   G+G            Cmaj7Cmaj7
I'm a bright entertainer in a silent theater
 E minorEm  D/F#D/F#   G+G
I wearily quarry into
    G+G              Cmaj7Cmaj7
And my mother she stands where the characters dance
     E minorEm     D/F#D/F#     G+G
From the light at the height of the room

     Cmaj7Cmaj7       G+G
And every night I repeat the phrases
    D/F#D/F#          G+G
Just to see if she predicts the changes
    G+G           Cmaj7Cmaj7
And I'd die for a word if it's all she'd afford
    E minorEm   D/F#D/F#   G+G
But she closes up knowing it

Chorus:
Cmaj7Cmaj7  G+G   D MajorD       G+G    D/F#D/F#
Where I am is right at the beginning of it
Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G      D MajorD  G+G
All I know, I was born with
Cmaj7Cmaj7   G+G     D MajorD          G+G      D/F#D/F#
Where she is, she is fixed in a prison so fast, she is frozen
  Cmaj7Cmaj7  G+G       D MajorD  G+G
The air she breathes is a slow wind

Verse 3:
   G+G            Cmaj7Cmaj7
I'm a tired arachnid, spinning loose in my threads
     E minorEm     D/F#D/F#   G+G
Building lifetimes of gossamer beds
    G+G          Cmaj7Cmaj7
And the filigree water drops around my head
    E minorEm    D/F#D/F#    G+G
They absorb every word that I said

       Cmaj7Cmaj7        G+G
There are no wings hitched to my spine
    E minorEm  D/F#D/F#  G+G
Just an undying urge to climb
     G+G           Cmaj7Cmaj7
And I'll wait for my mother, supposing she'd bother
  E minorEm    D/F#D/F#   Cmaj7Cmaj7
To hold me and keep me a while
  E minorEm    D/F#D/F#   G+G
To hold me and keep me a while


repeat progression for outro:

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