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Intro:
G      D         F         G C
G           D          F
GIt's dark at foDur PM in LeedsF  G  C  
 Gthe steeples pierce the skylight tilDl the last Fof it bleeds
GThe absent sound Dof another day Fas it recedes into the shadows GmunCmtil Fit's nCotCmhing
GFax papers slipDped under the hotel room door F  G  C  
Glike food for the prisoner Dor the prospFect to the whore
GWell fed and halDfway drunk I acFhe myself for more until I'm shGmadows oCmf myself Funtil CI'm noCmthing
CSixteen black chA7urches burning Gon the CmTV 
Call the way from A7Texas to TenneGsseeCm  
Ca politician locA7ks my eye and sGays to me there Cmis no Gmcrisis Cmhere thFere's no conspiCraCmcy
GI crave inertia Devery move made Fso I can stopG  C  
GWhatever this madness is Din me spinning Flike a top 
Gon a bed Dof anxiety oveFr a deep dark drop down into noGmthingneCmss into FwithouCt-youneCmss
CWas it ever so eA7vil creep like Givy, Cm  
Ctoe hold on the A7stronger half of natureG's dichCmotomy
CBeating back a pA7ath through notGhing moCmre than pure insistence
GmUntil heCmre becoFmes the distancCeCm  
Interlude:
G              D               F         G C
G                                    D         F Gm  Cm      F     C      Cm
GHold my head loDve I'm sick toniFght G  C  
Gfind the open hole aDnd press your finger Fthere will all your might 
Gbefore the last Dounce of my spirit bleeFds
Gmonto the CmpristiFne sheets of thCe Cmhotel bed in GLeeds

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Leeds

by Indigo Girls

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Intro:

G D F G C

G D F

G D F G C

It's dark at four PM in Leeds

G D F

the steeples pierce the skylight till the last of it bleeds

G D F Gm Cm F C Cm

The absent sound of another day as it recedes into the shadows until it's nothing

G D F G C

Fax papers slipped under the hotel room door

G D F

like food for the prisoner or the prospect to the whore

G D F Gm Cm F C Cm

Well fed and halfway drunk I ache myself for more until I'm shadows of myself until I'm nothing

C A7 G Cm

Sixteen black churches burning on the TV

C A7 G Cm

all the way from Texas to Tennessee

C A7 G Cm Gm Cm F C Cm

a politician locks my eye and says to me there is no crisis here there's no conspiracy

G D F G C

I crave inertia every move made so I can stop

G D F

Whatever this madness is in me spinning like a top

G D F Gm Cm F C Cm

on a bed of anxiety over a deep dark drop down into nothingness into without-youness

C A7 G Cm

Was it ever so evil creep like ivy,

C A7 G Cm

toe hold on the stronger half of nature's dichotomy

C A7 G Cm

Beating back a path through nothing more than pure insistence

Gm Cm F C Cm

Until here becomes the distance

Interlude:

G D F G C

G D F Gm Cm F C Cm

G D F G C

Hold my head love I'm sick tonight

G D F

find the open hole and press your finger there will all your might

G D F

before the last ounce of my spirit bleeds

Gm Cm F C Cm G

onto the pristine sheets of the hotel bed in Leeds

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