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       G- 320033
     Cm6- x30240
       F- x3321x
G6add#9 - 320330
    D/F#- 200232
    D#/G- 300343
     F/A- 500565
  F#m/A#- 600786
On the Gvery day I die
The very Cm6last of my desires
Is that you tGake my broken body
And coCm6mmit it to the fire
And then Gwhen the fire is finished
Scrape the Cm6ashes in a tin
Take them Gdown to Londons drinking reservoCm6irs
And throw them inF  
And then sGpecks infinitesimal of Cm6my mortal remains
Will slide down G7 million throats and into Cm67 million veins
And I will Gcreep through their capillaries to the Cm6marrow of their bones
And they will Gwake to bright new mornings and then Cm6wordlessly theyll Fknow 
          G     G6add#9
That I remain
I am remCm6emberedF  
     G      G6add#9
I remain
I am reCm6memberedF  
So these G7 million innocents
They will Cm6have me in their blood
And when they Gdie theyll burn their bodies
Or be Cm6buried in the mud
And I will Gspread through streams and rivers like a vCm6irus through a host
From the Ghamlets to the cities from the Cm6rivers to the coast
And from Gthere into the channel across the Cm6great Atlantic Ocean
And ever oGnwards to the new world
Through the Cm6waters gentle motions
Until Gparts of me are part of every Cm6land mass every sea
In the Grain, up on your crops and in the Cm6very air you Fbreath
    G    G6add#9
I remain
I am reCm6memberedF  
   G     G6add#9
I remain
I am reCm6memberedF  
I remGain
                      G6add#9                          Cm6  F  
And all the things I love will be washed away in the rain
        GG6add#9    Cm6     F  G  
I remain
D/F#   D#/G
Im not convD/F#inced of the existence of these things that dont exist
Yeah by JD#/Gewish boys with big ideas and scratches on their wrist
By a lD/F#oving or a vengeful God
Or one who condescends
Wholl wash his D#/Ghands down in the mire among the misery of men
Or by F/Aever turning circles hanging timeless in the sky
Like a F#m/A#dream catcher distracting from the fact youre gonna die
But I pD/F#lace one foot before the other
Confident because
I know that D#/Geverything we are right now is everything that was
That Watt D/F#Tyler, Woody, Guthrie, Dostoevsky and Davy Jones
Are all disD#/Gsolved into the ether and have crept into my bones
And all the F/Acells in all the lines upon the backs of both my hands
Were once cF#m/A#arved into the details of two D/F#feet upon the sand
     G    G6add#9
We remain
We are reCm6memberedF  
     G       G6add#9
We remain
We are reCm6memberedF  
We reGmain
                      G6add#9
And all the things we love
Will be Cm6washed away in the rainF  
          GG6add#9        Cm6  F  
We remain

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One Foot Before The Other

by Frank Turner

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Cm6

D/F#

D#/G

F/A

F#m/A#

- 320033

Cm6

- x30240

- x3321x

G6add#9 - 320330

D/F#

- 200232

D#/G

- 300343

F/A

- 500565

F#m/A#

- 600786

On the very day I die

Cm6

The very last of my desires

Is that you take my broken body

Cm6

And commit it to the fire

And then when the fire is finished

Cm6

Scrape the ashes in a tin

G Cm6

Take them down to Londons drinking reservoirs

And throw them in

G Cm6

And then specks infinitesimal of my mortal remains

G Cm6

Will slide down 7 million throats and into 7 million veins

G Cm6

And I will creep through their capillaries to the marrow of their bones

G Cm6 F

And they will wake to bright new mornings and then wordlessly theyll know

G G6add#9

That I remain

Cm6 F

I am remembered

G G6add#9

I remain

Cm6 F

I am remembered

So these 7 million innocents

Cm6

They will have me in their blood

And when they die theyll burn their bodies

Cm6

Or be buried in the mud

G Cm6

And I will spread through streams and rivers like a virus through a host

G Cm6

From the hamlets to the cities from the rivers to the coast

G Cm6

And from there into the channel across the great Atlantic Ocean

And ever onwards to the new world

Cm6

Through the waters gentle motions

G Cm6

Until parts of me are part of every land mass every sea

G Cm6 F

In the rain, up on your crops and in the very air you breath

G G6add#9

I remain

Cm6 F

I am remembered

G G6add#9

I remain

Cm6 F

I am remembered

I remain

Cm6 F

G6add#9

And all the things I love will be washed away in the rain

G Cm6 F G

G6add#9

I remain

D/F# D#/G

D/F#

Im not convinced of the existence of these things that dont exist

D#/G

Yeah by Jewish boys with big ideas and scratches on their wrist

D/F#

By a loving or a vengeful God

Or one who condescends

D#/G

Wholl wash his hands down in the mire among the misery of men

F/A

Or by ever turning circles hanging timeless in the sky

F#m/A#

Like a dream catcher distracting from the fact youre gonna die

D/F#

But I place one foot before the other

Confident because

D#/G

I know that everything we are right now is everything that was

D/F#

That Watt Tyler, Woody, Guthrie, Dostoevsky and Davy Jones

D#/G

Are all dissolved into the ether and have crept into my bones

F/A

And all the cells in all the lines upon the backs of both my hands

F#m/A# D/F#

Were once carved into the details of two feet upon the sand

G G6add#9

We remain

Cm6 F

We are remembered

G G6add#9

We remain

Cm6 F

We are remembered

We remain

G6add#9

And all the things we love

Cm6 F

Will be washed away in the rain

G Cm6 F

G6add#9

We remain

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