L-dopa chords by Laura Stevenson (Ver. 2)

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
G Cmaj7 Em D/F# (x2)

Verse 1:
      G             G       Cmaj7
I'm a bright, white egg and I incubate
     Em         D/F#         G
In a warm, yellow light in the winter
         G          G            Cmaj7
And I'll hatch on a snow-covered morning
    Em           D/F#            G
And no one will be awake to see it happen

            Cmaj7                    D
There is no history, there's no expectation
     Em         D/F#        G
Just warm, yellow light on my skin
    G                                Cmaj7
And I'm blessed by my mother, though I'll never know her
         Em     D/F#      G
And I'll never be lonesome again

Verse 2:
      G                       Cmaj7
I'm a bright entertainer in a silent theater
  Em    D/F#     G
I wearily quarry into
       G                           Cmaj7
And my mother she stands where the characters dance
         Em         D/F#          G
From the light at the height of the room

          Cmaj7              G
And every night I repeat the phrases
        D/F#                    G
Just to see if she predicts the changes
        G                      Cmaj7
And I'd die for a word if it's all she'd afford
        Em      D/F#      G
But she closes up knowing it

Chorus:
Cmaj7   G     D              G        D/F#
Where I am is right at the beginning of it
Cmaj7 G           D    G
All I know, I was born with
Cmaj7     G          D                    G            D/F#
Where she is, she is fixed in a prison so fast, she is frozen
    Cmaj7   G             D    G
The air she breathes is a slow wind

Verse 3:
      G                        Cmaj7
I'm a tired arachnid, spinning loose in my threads
         Em         D/F#     G
Building lifetimes of gossamer beds
        G                   Cmaj7
And the filigree water drops around my head
       Em       D/F#        G
They absorb every word that I said

             Cmaj7               G
There are no wings hitched to my spine
        Em    D/F#    G
Just an undying urge to climb
         G                      Cmaj7
And I'll wait for my mother, supposing she'd bother
   Em        D/F#      Cmaj7
To hold me and keep me a while
   Em        D/F#      G
To hold me and keep me a while


repeat progression for outro: