Thoroughfare Gap chords by Stephen Stills

Chords with lyrics

Thoroughfare Gap chords
Stephen Stills

G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD  G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD

G+G      C majorC      G+G
Sometimes I consider my pace,
   D MajorD      G+G        C majorC
I'm reminded of a train gathering speed,
    G+G      D MajorD
for the climb to the pass

     G+G     C majorC     G+G
In whose shadow it all really lies,
    D MajorD   G+G    C majorC
a small metal wagon approaching,
  G+G           D MajorD
the ever present ascending rise;
        G+G    C majorC G+G D MajorD
to the southern mountains

G+G      C majorC      G+G
Reeling and snaking and leaping,
  D MajorD       G+G       C majorC
it seems like it wants to come loose,
     G+G      D MajorD
from its path cast in iron

    G+G   C majorC     G+G
But she can't slow down now,
D MajorD   G+G     C majorC
as the earth has presented,
 G+G      C majorC
a new crest to reach
    G+G    D MajorD
without barely a rest;
     G+G    C majorC G+G D MajorD
from the last one

    G+G      C majorC      G+G
And you wonder just what lies beyond,
D MajorD       G+G      C majorC
though you've been there before,
           G+G       D MajorD
and forget about the effort and the strain

G+G    C majorC
Always ascending,
   G+G      D MajorD
each yard adds a mile,
    G+G      C majorC
to the never-ending pull,
    G+G     D MajorD
of the steepening grade;
     G+G    C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD
that's before you

 G+G     C majorC     G+G     D MajorD
A augmentedA valley, a forest, a desert, a stream,
    G+G     C majorC
with an oversized bridge,
    G+G        D MajorD
for the trickle there beneath

   G+G     C majorC
You remember the torrent,
  G+G     D MajorD
it turned to last spring,
     G+G       C majorC
from the snows melting fast
    G+G     D MajorD
and the river it became;
    G+G   C majorC G+G D MajorD
in the summer

  G+G     C majorC
Perhaps it is ruined,
    G+G       D MajorD
from a fire that has scorched it,
  G+G     C majorC
so badly that nothing
   G+G      D MajorD
will grow without rain

  G+G       C majorC
To wash away the blackened soil,
  G+G      D MajorD      G+G
now useless till called upon again,
   C majorC     G+G      D MajorD
in a future as twisted and far away;
           G+G    C majorC G+G D MajorD
as the next range of mountains

  G+G     C majorC     G+G
So take it as far as you see
   D MajorD
and beyond,
   G+G       C majorC
with eyes you don't use enough,
G+G     D MajorD
gather up strength

  G+G      C majorC
As Thoroughfare Gap,
   G+G      D MajorD
will await you forever,
    G+G     C majorC
you're seeking to get there
  G+G   D MajorD
for even before;
    C majorC
it's no matter;
  D MajorD
no distance;
     G+G  C majorC G+G Gsus4Gsus4 G+G
it's the ride


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