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The Rope - The Emerson Letters
This is the way I play this song, it could be slightly different.
It is played a half step down I think, but I play it in standard most of the time.
AmWhat GgoFod is a pen that will not write
whCat Fgood is a 	promise left unkept
Amwhat GgoFod is an open evening sky
if CalFl the 	clouds refuse to rain
chorus
DmI'm nCot Gat the end of my rope
IF'm GsussteadGy in this ship to sail
Dmif theCreG's healing in an honest 	word
iFf 	Gsustruth Gis like a soft kiss
tFhen 	C  Goh-oh-oh oh lord
wCilBml tAmhis storm pass us over
Foh-CohG-oh oh lord
wCilBml tAmhis storm pass us over
GhaFlle	lu-u-u-jah
(no chord) so tell me 
Amare Gwe Fnot a breath are we not a mist
I CthiFnk that everybody here knows it
so AmthiGs Ftime, 	as the season turns once again
I'Cm puFshing 	my soul, against this bitter cold
Chorus
DmI'm nCot Gat the end of my rope
IF'm GsussteadGy in this ship to sail
Dmif theCreG's healing in an honest 	word
iFf 	Gsustruth Gis like a soft kiss
tFhen 	C  Goh-oh-oh oh lord
wCilBml tAmhis storm pass us over
Foh-CohG-oh oh lord
wCilBml tAmhis storm pass us over
GhaFlle	lu-u-u-jah
FhalClelu-u-u ja-a-ah (I don't think the c is actually played, but i play it.)

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The Rope

by The Emerson Letters

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The Rope - The Emerson Letters

This is the way I play this song, it could be slightly different.

It is played a half step down I think, but I play it in standard most of the time.

Am G F

What good is a pen that will not write

C F

what good is a promise left unkept

Am G F

what good is an open evening sky

C F

if all the clouds refuse to rain

chorus

Dm C G

I'm not at the end of my rope

F Gsus G

I'm steady in this ship to sail

Dm C G

if there's healing in an honest word

F Gsus G

if truth is like a soft kiss

F C G

then oh-oh-oh oh lord

C Bm Am

will this storm pass us over

F C G

oh-oh-oh oh lord

C Bm Am

will this storm pass us over

G F

halle lu-u-u-jah

(no chord) so tell me

Am G F

are we not a breath are we not a mist

C F

I think that everybody here knows it

Am G F

so this time, as the season turns once again

C F

I'm pushing my soul, against this bitter cold

Chorus

Dm C G

I'm not at the end of my rope

F Gsus G

I'm steady in this ship to sail

Dm C G

if there's healing in an honest word

F Gsus G

if truth is like a soft kiss

F C G

then oh-oh-oh oh lord

C Bm Am

will this storm pass us over

F C G

oh-oh-oh oh lord

C Bm Am

will this storm pass us over

G F

halle lu-u-u-jah

F C

hallelu-u-u ja-a-ah (I don't think the c is actually played, but i play it.)

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