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Lines On Palms
Josh Pyke
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Drop-D tuning DADGBE
VERSE:
Eb5 Eb5
sometimes I know I become
Eb5 Eb5 Absus2 Absus2
all that's weak in a man and weak in a boy but
`Ab `Eb/G `Fm `Eb
I keep trying and I won't quit and
`Fm `Eb 'Db 'Ab/C Bb Bb
that must be worth some-thing more than a
(-2/4 bar-)
Bb Bb Bb Ab5 Absus2
strong man who be-lieves that there's nothing left to try for and
`Ab `Eb/G `Fm `Eb
I can be cold I know I know but a
`Fm `Eb `Db `Ab/C
woman is a warm breath on the back of your
Bb Bb Eb5 Eb5
neck and a warm belly pressed against yours__ and oh-hoh-
CHORUS:
Ab Eb Bb7sus4 Ab
hoh-oh we need to feel the sum of all our parts are
Ab Eb Bb7sus4 F7
more than what's laid out in lines upon our palms al-
Ab Eb Bb7sus4 F7 Ab Ab
though our hands are tied we move as though they are___ and
VERSE:
Eb5 Eb5
there's one house in ev-er-y town that
Eb5 Eb5 Absus2 Absus2(6)
ev-er-y-one fears and ev'ryone steers clear and
`Ab `Eb/G `Fm `Eb
I don't wanna live like that I
`Fm `Eb `Db `Ab/C Bb Bb
wanna live somewhere more like you by the
Bb Bb Bb Ab5 Absus2
sea where the cliffs keep sentry watching over me and
`Ab `Eb/G `Fm `Eb
it can get rough out there I know but a
`Fm `Eb `Db `Ab/C
woman is a sail that re-mains un-furled so stay a-
Bb Bb Eb5 Eb5
head of the wind man or you won't catch her and oh-hoh-
CHORUS-LONG:
Ab Eb Bb7sus4 Ab
hoh-oh we need to feel the sum of all our parts are
Ab Eb Bb7sus4 F7
more than what's laid out in lines upon our palms al-
Ab Eb Bb7sus4 F7 Ab Ab
though our hands are tied we move as though they are un-til we're bound by
F F Eb5 Eb5
branching out
VERSE-SHORT:
Eb5 Eb5
sometimes I know where I am and
Eb5 Eb5 Absus2 Absus2(6)
what I'm doing and what things might be-come but
`Ab `Eb/G `Fm `Eb
that always seems such a fleeting state for the re-
`Fm `Eb `Db `Ab/C
mainder of the time I feel that I am a
Bb Bb
babe in the woods out for deliverance and
CODA:
Ab Ab
I can be cold I know I know but a
F F
woman is a warm breath on the back of your
Ab `Bb* `Bb7 Eb
neck and a warm belly pressed a-gainst yours__