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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 5Position: 2

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

At the transition between C and Bm at the end of the first two verses, play this fill:
e|----------
B|----------
G|----0-----
D|0/2---2-0-
A|----------
E|----------
CSink in the Gquicksand
CLinked to the Bmbranch of a Amtree...
Can't Csee-Bmee
Cause it's Cdarker than Gdeath
And you Cguys up and Bmleft me out Amhere to Cfree-Bmeeze
And this Emforest plays its Dtricks
So I Emtreat it with resDpect
Threw my Emgarbage in a Dskip
I buttoned Cup my anoDrak
Shuffled Csoft shoe
I Amwashed...
You can Glook me Fin the Emteeth
Comb your Amhair
Comb your Cha-Bmair
CChoked by the Gquicksand
CKicked from the Bmbranch of this Amtree
I'm Cfree-Dee-Cee!

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Softly Softly

by The Legendary Pink Dots

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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At the transition between C and Bm at the end of the first two verses, play this fill:

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

B|----------

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

D|0/2---2-0-

A|----------

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

C G

Sink in the quicksand

C Bm Am

Linked to the branch of a tree...

C Bm

Can't see-ee

C G

Cause it's darker than death

C Bm Am C Bm

And you guys up and left me out here to free-eeze

Em D

And this forest plays its tricks

Em D

So I treat it with respect

Em D

Threw my garbage in a skip

C D

I buttoned up my anorak

Shuffled soft shoe

I washed...

G F Em

You can look me in the teeth

Comb your hair

C Bm

Comb your ha-air

C G

Choked by the quicksand

C Bm Am

Kicked from the branch of this tree

C D C

I'm free-ee-ee!

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