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Im Not There

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Tuning: standard
Capo: 4th fret!
Chords used:
Intro:
G
Verse:
GThings are crashing down, she's Fall too tight
AmIn my neighborhood she cry Gboth day and night
GIt's a milestone but she's Fdown on her luck
AmDays make her so lonely and it's Gso hard to buck
Now and then
Chorus:
I beClieve that she'd stop him if she'd Emfind time to care
I beFlieve that she may look upon deciCding whose to care
And I Emgo by the Lord, anywFhere she's on my way
But I don't Gbelong there
Verse:
No, I don't belong to her, I don't belong to every choir
She's my Christ forsaken angel but she don't hear me cry
She's a long hearted mystic and she can't carry on
When I'm there she's alright then she's not when I'm gone
Chorus:
Heaven knows that the answer she don't con no one
She's the way forsaken beauty, she's mine for the one
And I lost her hesitating about temptation as it runs
She don't harm me, I'm not there I'm gone
Verse:
Now I've cried tonight like I cried the night before
And I'll feast on the highway but I'll dream about the door
It's alone she's forsaken by her fate with to tell
It don't have approximation she is smiling fairly well
Chorus:
Her smile is contagious, I was born to love her
But she knows that the kingdom waits so high above her
And I run by the race but it's not too fast stayed
But I got the fever I'm not there, I'm gone
Verse:
Well, it's all about diffusion as I cry for her veil
I don't need anybody now beside me to tell
And it's all affirmation, I'm asleep but it's not
She's a lone-hearted beauty but she don't like spot
And she calls
Chorus:
Yeah, she's gone like a rainbow that was shining yesterday
But she's home now beside me and I'd like her to stay
She's a lone forsaken beauty and she don't trust no one
And I wish I was beside her but I'm not there, I'm gone
Verse:
It's too hard to stay here and I don't want to leave
It's so hard for so few you see but she's hard to, hard to me
It's a [Incomprehensible] it's a crime, the way she mauls me around
But she don't phone to hate me but it's down to make her crown
Chorus:
Yes, I believe that it's rightful, I believe it in my mind
I've been told like I said for carrying on crying
Yes, the soul gypsy told her like I said carry on
Wish I was there to help me but I'm not there, I'm gone
Note:
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Im Not There

by Sonic Youth

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

Chords in this song · guitar

Tuning: standard

Capo: 4th fret!

Chords used:

Intro:

Verse:

G F

Things are crashing down, she's all too tight

Am G

In my neighborhood she cry both day and night

G F

It's a milestone but she's down on her luck

Am G

Days make her so lonely and it's so hard to buck

Now and then

Chorus:

C Em

I believe that she'd stop him if she'd find time to care

F C

I believe that she may look upon deciding whose to care

Em F

And I go by the Lord, anywhere she's on my way

But I don't belong there

Verse:

No, I don't belong to her, I don't belong to every choir

She's my Christ forsaken angel but she don't hear me cry

She's a long hearted mystic and she can't carry on

When I'm there she's alright then she's not when I'm gone

Chorus:

Heaven knows that the answer she don't con no one

She's the way forsaken beauty, she's mine for the one

And I lost her hesitating about temptation as it runs

She don't harm me, I'm not there I'm gone

Verse:

Now I've cried tonight like I cried the night before

And I'll feast on the highway but I'll dream about the door

It's alone she's forsaken by her fate with to tell

It don't have approximation she is smiling fairly well

Chorus:

Her smile is contagious, I was born to love her

But she knows that the kingdom waits so high above her

And I run by the race but it's not too fast stayed

But I got the fever I'm not there, I'm gone

Verse:

Well, it's all about diffusion as I cry for her veil

I don't need anybody now beside me to tell

And it's all affirmation, I'm asleep but it's not

She's a lone-hearted beauty but she don't like spot

And she calls

Chorus:

Yeah, she's gone like a rainbow that was shining yesterday

But she's home now beside me and I'd like her to stay

She's a lone forsaken beauty and she don't trust no one

And I wish I was beside her but I'm not there, I'm gone

Verse:

It's too hard to stay here and I don't want to leave

It's so hard for so few you see but she's hard to, hard to me

It's a [Incomprehensible] it's a crime, the way she mauls me around

But she don't phone to hate me but it's down to make her crown

Chorus:

Yes, I believe that it's rightful, I believe it in my mind

I've been told like I said for carrying on crying

Yes, the soul gypsy told her like I said carry on

Wish I was there to help me but I'm not there, I'm gone

Note:

SCA, [email protected]

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