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Capo III
Note: the song gets its airy feeling by using these "incomplete" (C) and (Am) chords:
C: 030020
Am: 002200
Fmaj7: 10321x
(C)Sadness is a little boy (Am)looking
Out the (C)window high above a (Am)city
Counting (Em)statues of people on the (Fmaj7)buildings
(Em)Thinking that the people are (Fmaj7)forever
He wants his (C)father to be a (Am)statue
On the (C)rooftop of his fatherless (Am)home
So that (Em)he can always (Fmaj7)see him
So that (Em)he will never (Fmaj7)leave him
Late at (C)night in the darkness of his (Am)dreaming
His father's (C)words fall down in a (Am)rain storm
And the (Em)words become hands that will (Fmaj7)guide him
Through his (Em)life in the world just be(Fmaj7)ginning
(C)You cannot (G)live in bronze or (Fmaj7)stone
(C)Make your (G)life in flesh and (Fmaj7)bone
(C)Stranded is a man no longer (Am)searching
For the (C)life had hoped for and i(Am)magined
Courting (Em)fear instead of  A(Fmaj7)woman
Holding (Em)sorrow as his only com(Fmaj7)panion
Counting (C)days like his money in the (Am)markets
And watching (C)life from the window in his (Am)office
Maybe (Em)one day I'll have the (Fmaj7)courage
Maybe (Em)one day I'll sail across the (Fmaj7)ocean
But I feel (C)safe in the light of my com(Am)puter
(C)This is how I choose to (Am)live
Fixed in (Em)stone a man will (Fmaj7)wither
Running (Em)waters are the life of the (Fmaj7)river
(C)You cannot (G)live in bronze or (Fmaj7)stone
(C)Make your (G)life in flesh and (Fmaj7)bone
(G)Remember (C)me
(C)Frightened is an old man (Am)limping
Through the (C)park on a dark December (Am)day
He stands (Em)frozen at the base of a (Fmaj7)statue
And he (Em)hopes for a warm hand to (Fmaj7)help him
To(C)night he will dream that he is (Am)flying
Over (C)banks of a river he re(Am)members
His father's (Em)voice will echo all a(Fmaj7)round him
His father's (Em)hands will hold him in the (Fmaj7)sky
(C)Now I can sail across the (Am)ocean
(C)Now I will sail across the (Am)ocean
(Em)Now I am sailing across the (Fmaj7)ocean
(C)I cannot (G)live in bronze or (Fmaj7)stone
(C)I must (G)live as flesh and (Fmaj7)bone
(G)Remember (C)me
Remember me
Remember me

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Still Life

by Lucy Kaplansky

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 3 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Fmaj7

Capo III

C Am

Note: the song gets its airy feeling by using these "incomplete" () and () chords:

: 030020

: 002200

Fmaj7

: 10321x

C Am

()Sadness is a little boy ()looking

C Am

Out the ()window high above a ()city

Em Fmaj7

Counting ()statues of people on the ()buildings

Em Fmaj7

()Thinking that the people are ()forever

C Am

He wants his ()father to be a ()statue

C Am

On the ()rooftop of his fatherless ()home

Em Fmaj7

So that ()he can always ()see him

Em Fmaj7

So that ()he will never ()leave him

C Am

Late at ()night in the darkness of his ()dreaming

C Am

His father's ()words fall down in a ()rain storm

Em Fmaj7

And the ()words become hands that will ()guide him

Em Fmaj7

Through his ()life in the world just be()ginning

C G Fmaj7

()You cannot ()live in bronze or ()stone

C G Fmaj7

()Make your ()life in flesh and ()bone

C Am

()Stranded is a man no longer ()searching

C Am

For the ()life had hoped for and i()magined

Em A Fmaj7

Courting ()fear instead of ()woman

Em Fmaj7

Holding ()sorrow as his only com()panion

C Am

Counting ()days like his money in the ()markets

C Am

And watching ()life from the window in his ()office

Em Fmaj7

Maybe ()one day I'll have the ()courage

Em Fmaj7

Maybe ()one day I'll sail across the ()ocean

C Am

But I feel ()safe in the light of my com()puter

C Am

()This is how I choose to ()live

Em Fmaj7

Fixed in ()stone a man will ()wither

Em Fmaj7

Running ()waters are the life of the ()river

C G Fmaj7

()You cannot ()live in bronze or ()stone

C G Fmaj7

()Make your ()life in flesh and ()bone

G C

()Remember ()me

C Am

()Frightened is an old man ()limping

C Am

Through the ()park on a dark December ()day

Em Fmaj7

He stands ()frozen at the base of a ()statue

Em Fmaj7

And he ()hopes for a warm hand to ()help him

C Am

To()night he will dream that he is ()flying

C Am

Over ()banks of a river he re()members

Em Fmaj7

His father's ()voice will echo all a()round him

Em Fmaj7

His father's ()hands will hold him in the ()sky

C Am

()Now I can sail across the ()ocean

C Am

()Now I will sail across the ()ocean

Em Fmaj7

()Now I am sailing across the ()ocean

C G Fmaj7

()I cannot ()live in bronze or ()stone

C G Fmaj7

()I must ()live as flesh and ()bone

G C

()Remember ()me

Remember me

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