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Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
Verse 1:
Cm G Bb
After all these implements and texts designed by
F Eb F
intellects we're vexed to find evidently there's
Bb
still so much that hides.
Cm G Bb
and though the saints dub us divine in ancient
F Eb F
fading lines their sentiment is just as hard to
Bb
pluck from the vine.
Chorus:
Ab F
I'll try hard not to pretend
Ab F G
allow myself no mock defence as I
step into the night.
Verse 2:
Cm G Bb
Since I don't have the time nor mind to figure
F Eb D
out the nursery rhymes that helped us out in
Bb
making sense of our lives.
Cm G Bb F
The cruel, uneventful state of apathy releases me
Eb F Bb
I value the but I won't cry every time one's
wiped out.
Chorus:
Ab F
I'll try hard not to give in
Ab F G
batten down to fare the wind
Ab F
rid my head of this pretense
Ab F G
allow myself no mock defence as I
step into the night.
Cm G Eb F G
G
La la la la
G
La la la la
Eb Bb
La la la la
Fm Ab Bb
La la la la la la
(Repeat Once)
Eb Bb
Mercy' eyes are blue and
Fm Ab Bb
when she places them in
Eb Bb
of you
Fm Ab Bb
nothing holds a roman
Em Bb
candle to
Eb Ab Bb
the solomn warmth you feel
Bb Eb Ab Eb
inside.
Ab Eb C# Bb G
(No run through Verse chords once)
Chorus:
Ab F
I'll try hard not to give in
Ab F G
batten down to fare the wind
Ab F
rid my head of this pretense
Ab F
allow myself no mock defence as I
G
step into the night
Cm G Eb F G
G
La la la la
G
La la la la
Eb Bb Fm Ab Bb
(This continues till songs end)
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