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The Side I'll Never Show (from album Ghost Stories)
This is one of Steve's classics from the late Dream Syndicate days, and
still a live favourite at gigs. The version that has been loitering around
for the past few years is completely off, so here is the correct one. For
timings and phrasing ideas, check out one of the many live versions on
YouTube.
Verse:
[Em] [A5]         [Em]         [A5]
Doctor, can't you see that I'm trying?
[G]      [C]         [G]         [D]
The explanation just hasn't been found.
[Em] [A5]      [Em]           [A5]
Doctor, no one knows when I'm crying.
[G]        [C]           [G]            [D]
I slam the door when the feeling comes 'round and
Chorus:
[G]   [C]         [G]    [D]
Every cloud has a silver lining.
[G]   [C]          [Em]     [D]
Every doubt has an answer I know.
[G]       [C]           [G]       [D]
But in my heart there's no light shining
     [Em]          [A] 
Just emptiness and faded glow
[Em]                [D]             [Em]
Raining down on the side I'll never show
Doctor, it's the hardest season
I sit waiting for the dam to let go.
Doctor, without the slightest reason
I've become a man that I don't want to know and
Every cloud has a silver lining
Every doubt has an answer I know
But in my heart there's no light shining
Just emptiness and faded glow
Raining down on the side I'll never show
Yeah every cloud has a silver lining
Every doubt has an answer I know
But in my heart there's no light shining
Just emptyness and faded glow
Raining down on the side I'll never show
Doctor, I believe that I heard her
Calling out from beyond the flood
Doctor, in my heart there was murder
There wasn't no body and there wasn't no blood and
Every cloud has a silver lining
Every doubt has an answer I know
But in my heart there's no light shining
That's a side I'll never show
That's a side that I never, never, never, never show

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The Side Ill Never Show

by The Dream Syndicate

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The Side I'll Never Show (from album Ghost Stories)

This is one of Steve's classics from the late Dream Syndicate days, and

still a live favourite at gigs. The version that has been loitering around

for the past few years is completely off, so here is the correct one. For

timings and phrasing ideas, check out one of the many live versions on

YouTube.

Verse:

Em A5 Em A5

[] [] [] []

Doctor, can't you see that I'm trying?

G C G D

[] [] [] []

The explanation just hasn't been found.

Em A5 Em A5

[] [] [] []

Doctor, no one knows when I'm crying.

G C G D

[] [] [] []

I slam the door when the feeling comes 'round and

Chorus:

G C G D

[] [] [] []

Every cloud has a silver lining.

G C Em D

[] [] [] []

Every doubt has an answer I know.

G C G D

[] [] [] []

But in my heart there's no light shining

Em A

[] []

Just emptiness and faded glow

Em D Em

[] [] []

Raining down on the side I'll never show

Doctor, it's the hardest season

I sit waiting for the dam to let go.

Doctor, without the slightest reason

I've become a man that I don't want to know and

Every cloud has a silver lining

Every doubt has an answer I know

But in my heart there's no light shining

Just emptiness and faded glow

Raining down on the side I'll never show

Yeah every cloud has a silver lining

Every doubt has an answer I know

But in my heart there's no light shining

Just emptyness and faded glow

Raining down on the side I'll never show

Doctor, I believe that I heard her

Calling out from beyond the flood

Doctor, in my heart there was murder

There wasn't no body and there wasn't no blood and

Every cloud has a silver lining

Every doubt has an answer I know

But in my heart there's no light shining

That's a side I'll never show

That's a side that I never, never, never, never show

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