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Unraveling

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Standard Tuning: EADGBe
Capo: 2nd
GBoxes and baskets of Cadd9all her old things
Em7Porcelain dolls, Cadd9portrait paintings
GShe swore they'd be Cadd9worth somethingEm7  Cadd9  
GThey're just gathering dust in Cadd9my attic somewhere 
Em7And she's lost in a room where she Cadd9sits and she stares
GHer mind as blCank as the waEmllsC  
GHer memory as vCacant as the hEmallsC  
Chorus: 
GI'm the only Cdaughter of her Emoldest sonC  
GI knew her wCell before her Emspirit was gonCe
And her lGife is a threCad woven into eEmvery part of Cme
She is uGnraveliCng, she is uEmnravelingC  
GShe looks in my eyes and Cadd9asks me my name
Em7Every five minutes I Cadd9tell her the same
GShe smiles but it's Cadd9cold and deaEm7dCadd9  
And I'm sGcreaming out lCadd9oud in my heEm7adCadd9  
Chorus repeats
GI tried to pull her Cadd9back
EmStories and photoCgraphs of her cGhildren who love her
CSisters and brothers
EmShe can't remember but Chow could a heart forgDet?
Chorus repeats ( G   Cadd9   Em  C)
I've been Gtearing through boxes on Cadd9nights I can't sleep
EmSearching for memories of Cwho she used to beG  

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Unraveling

by Liz Longley

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Cadd9

Em7

Standard Tuning: EADGBe

Capo: 2nd

G Cadd9

Boxes and baskets of all her old things

Em7 Cadd9

Porcelain dolls, portrait paintings

G Cadd9 Em7 Cadd9

She swore they'd be worth something

G Cadd9

They're just gathering dust in my attic somewhere

Em7 Cadd9

And she's lost in a room where she sits and she stares

G C Em C

Her mind as blank as the walls

G C Em C

Her memory as vacant as the halls

Chorus:

G C Em C

I'm the only daughter of her oldest son

G C Em C

I knew her well before her spirit was gone

G C Em C

And her life is a thread woven into every part of me

G C Em C

She is unraveling, she is unraveling

G Cadd9

She looks in my eyes and asks me my name

Em7 Cadd9

Every five minutes I tell her the same

G Cadd9 Em7 Cadd9

She smiles but it's cold and dead

G Cadd9 Em7 Cadd9

And I'm screaming out loud in my head

Chorus repeats

G Cadd9

I tried to pull her back

Em C G

Stories and photographs of her children who love her

Sisters and brothers

Em C D

She can't remember but how could a heart forget?

G Cadd9 Em C

Chorus repeats ( )

G Cadd9

I've been tearing through boxes on nights I can't sleep

Em C G

Searching for memories of who she used to be

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