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Like A Lake

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1/96

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 96Position: 1

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

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                         LIKE A LAKE - Jim Guthrie
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Tuning: Standard, Capo 4
Here's the picking pattern. If you have trouble, get a metronome and start slow:
e|--Am------------------Am/B------C-------------------------Fmaj7-----------------------|
B|----1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1|
G|---2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-|
D|-----2-----2-----2-----0-----2-----2-----2-----2-----3-----3-----3-----3--|
A|--0-----0-----0-----2-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--Am-------------------------|
B|----1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1-|
G|---2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|
D|-----2-----2-----2-----2---|
A|--0-----0-----0-----0------|
E|---------------------------|
AmI    Am/Bwoke      Cup, and on the Fmaj7wall I saw a Amlight
AmIt looked just Am/Blike a Clake, but it Fmaj7scared me I don't know Amwhy
AmAnd Am/Bas I Cstared I saw Fmaj7things and it Amchanged me
AmBut something Am/Bwasn't Cright with the Fmaj7light was I still Amdreaming?
|:   Am   Am/B      C       Fmaj7  Am:|
AmSo I got up and Am/BI walked Cover to this lake and I saw Fmaj7people on the other Amside
AmIt wasn't hard to tell they Am/Bdidn't Clook all that well so I called Fmaj7out 'cause I thought I could Amhelp
AmBut no one had eyes sAm/Bo they Ccouldn't see and Fmaj7no one had ears so they Amcouldn't hear me
AmI felt the earth quakAm/Be as a Cvoice from the lake spoke these Fmaj7words and it instantly Amcalmed me
Am"I hear Am/Byou Ccall" Fmaj7do do dut dut doo doo Am  
Am"I hear Am/Bthem Call" Fmaj7do do dut dut doo dooAm  
AmAnd it Am/Bsaid C"lifeFmaj7, she is a mystery" anAmd there's more to all of this that she ain't telling me
(strum)
So Fmaj7tonight it's like a Amlake Fmaj7sits so still and pretty makes your Amheart ache
But Fmaj7these days don't it all just make your Cheart ache

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Like A Lake

by Jim Guthrie

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 4 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Am/B

Fmaj7

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LIKE A LAKE - Jim Guthrie

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Tuning: Standard, Capo 4

Here's the picking pattern. If you have trouble, get a metronome and start slow:

Am Am/B C Fmaj7

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

B|----1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1|

G|---2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-|

D|-----2-----2-----2-----0-----2-----2-----2-----2-----3-----3-----3-----3--|

A|--0-----0-----0-----2-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----|

E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------|

B|----1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1-|

G|---2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|

D|-----2-----2-----2-----2---|

A|--0-----0-----0-----0------|

E|---------------------------|

Am Am/B C Fmaj7 Am

I woke up, and on the wall I saw a light

Am Am/B C Fmaj7 Am

It looked just like a lake, but it scared me I don't know why

Am Am/B C Fmaj7 Am

And as I stared I saw things and it changed me

Am Am/B C Fmaj7 Am

But something wasn't right with the light was I still dreaming?

Am Am/B C Fmaj7 Am

|: :|

Am Am/B C Fmaj7 Am

So I got up and I walked over to this lake and I saw people on the other side

Am Am/B C Fmaj7 Am

It wasn't hard to tell they didn't look all that well so I called out 'cause I thought I could help

Am Am/B C Fmaj7 Am

But no one had eyes so they couldn't see and no one had ears so they couldn't hear me

Am Am/B C Fmaj7 Am

I felt the earth quake as a voice from the lake spoke these words and it instantly calmed me

Am Am/B C Fmaj7 Am

"I hear you call" do do dut dut doo doo

Am Am/B C Fmaj7 Am

"I hear them all" do do dut dut doo doo

Am Am/B C Fmaj7 Am

And it said "life, she is a mystery" and there's more to all of this that she ain't telling me

(strum)

Fmaj7 Am Fmaj7 Am

So tonight it's like a lake sits so still and pretty makes your heart ache

Fmaj7 C

But these days don't it all just make your heart ache

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