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Bright Eyes

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Bright Eyes
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tabbed by Caleb Spaulding.  thelovedones91@yahoo.com

intro: A x4


E                                A
She was a real royal lady, true patron of the arts
Bm                                           C#              A
She said the best country singers die in the back of classic cars
E                                 A
So if I ever got too hungry for a suitcase or guitar
E                    Bm           E
To think of them all alone in the dark
E                                     A
So I laid some nights beside her in a bed made for a queen
Bm                                            C#               A
She said I kissed her different, that all the men her age were mean
E                                 A
Gave me anything I wanted, Oh the generosity
E                 Bm            E
I took all that I could, it was free
E                                      A
Now the sky is a torn up denim and the clouds are just splattered paint
       Bm                          C#            A
It�s a room I�m renovating; it�s a name I got to change
E                                    A
If I get out of California I�m going back to my home state
             E          Bm     E
To tell them all that I made a mistake
A
And I keep looking for that blindfold faith
Bm
Lighting candles to a cynical saint
E                               Bm                 C#         A
Who wants the last laugh at the fly trapped in the windowsill tape
Bm
You can go right out of your mind trying to escape
E                      Bm             C# A
From the panicked paradox of day to day
E                                            Bm             C# A
If you can�t understand something then it�s best to be afraid


The whole world it loves you if you are a chic chameleon
Intersecting circles she could hang with anyone
But when conducting business she would lie about where she�s from
Saying, "Life is how it is not how it was"
I learned to listen felt like I was back at school
She�d talk forever about the phases of the moon
Saying, "Everything is a cycle, you�ve got to let it come to you
And when it does, you will know what to do"
Without even knowing I guess I took her advice
Painted her front door it seemed a suitable goodbye
It�s not that often but I think of her sometimes
Just something quaint, a couple ships in the night

And they keep moving at a glacial pace
Turning circles in a memory maze
I made a new cast of the death mask that is gonna cover my face
I had to change the combination to the safe
Hide it all behind a wall let people wait
And never trust a heart that is so bent it can�t break

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