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Cotton Crush

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e-----------B2---------------B7----|C#m  
B------------------------------|
G------9--8-----2-------4------|
D------9--9-----1-------2------|
A------x--x-----2-------4------|
E-------9--9-------------------|
INTRO:
e--------------------------|
B--4--2--4--2---2--2--2--2-|
G--2--2--2--2---4--2--4--2-|
D--2--2--2--2---2--2--2--2-|
A--0--0--0--0---0--0--0--0-|
E--------------------------|
AThe bricks get laid,
and they get torn up,
and laid again,
but the bricks aC#mlways get torn up again.
AYour friends won't wait,
so don't believe that shit,
when they say they'll wait.
Trust me; your fC#mriends will not wait for you.
 C#m-  B- A  
Then you'll be sAtoned in some B7park,
just nodding your hC#mead and pinching your arEms,
when a girl walks alAong.
She's humming your sB7ong,
with your t-shirC#mt on.
That's when you're dEone,
Oh, that's when you're donAe...
A-B2-A  
AThere's a cotton crush
Adown in the southern states.
ABut back up here, man, we've got
so much tC#mhread and space
to waste, waste, waste.
 C#m-  B- A  
AThere's a microphone
picking every word up
and it shuts itself off
when it's sure that's its hC#meard enough.....
The quiet can sAcrape
all the calm from your bones,B  
but maybe it shC#mould.
Maybe we need to be hEollowed
to get up and growA,
and stop fucking around,B  
to kick off our bC#mraces and start straightening oEut.
Let's sift through the Astatic
to find a simpler sBound
Let's sift through the sC#mtatic
to find a simpler sEound...
A simpler sAound, a simpler sBound
         C#m                          E
simpler Asound than the shit that's clouding our heads now
e------------------------|
B------------------------|
G------------------------|
D--2--4--6--9--6--11-9---|
A--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---|
E------------------------|
 A-  B7-  C#m- E  

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Cotton Crush

by Kevin Devine

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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C#m

B2 B7 C#m

e------------------------------|

B------------------------------|

G------9--8-----2-------4------|

D------9--9-----1-------2------|

A------x--x-----2-------4------|

E-------9--9-------------------|

INTRO:

e--------------------------|

B--4--2--4--2---2--2--2--2-|

G--2--2--2--2---4--2--4--2-|

D--2--2--2--2---2--2--2--2-|

A--0--0--0--0---0--0--0--0-|

E--------------------------|

The bricks get laid,

and they get torn up,

and laid again,

C#m

but the bricks always get torn up again.

Your friends won't wait,

so don't believe that shit,

when they say they'll wait.

C#m

Trust me; your friends will not wait for you.

C#m B A

- -

A B7

Then you'll be stoned in some park,

C#m E

just nodding your head and pinching your arms,

when a girl walks along.

She's humming your song,

C#m

with your t-shirt on.

That's when you're done,

Oh, that's when you're done...

A B2 A

There's a cotton crush

down in the southern states.

But back up here, man, we've got

C#m

so much thread and space

to waste, waste, waste.

C#m B A

- -

There's a microphone

picking every word up

and it shuts itself off

C#m

when it's sure that's its heard enough.....

The quiet can scrape

all the calm from your bones,

C#m

but maybe it should.

Maybe we need to be hollowed

to get up and grow,

and stop fucking around,

C#m E

to kick off our braces and start straightening out.

Let's sift through the static

to find a simpler sound

C#m

Let's sift through the static

to find a simpler sound...

A B

A simpler sound, a simpler sound

C#m E

simpler sound than the shit that's clouding our heads now

e------------------------|

B------------------------|

G------------------------|

D--2--4--6--9--6--11-9---|

A--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---|

E------------------------|

A B7 C#m E

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