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[Intro]
Em G Em
EmTell me Margaret, Dwhat is coming dBmown this riDver? 
GYou’ve been watDching so much lConger now than EmI. 
AmDo you know EmMargaret, just what wDill this day deliver, 
Does it work out Gtooth for tooCth and eye foEmr eye? 
EmThey started sDtacking up the sAmtones Emthe very day that yAmou were born. 
EmNo matter how you gDrew, Amthey would tower aEmbove you. 
You could cDhange your name, move Amall the way to sEmunny CaAmliforniaC. 
But when you Amstart your life anewC, does that long shAmadow follow you? 
Who was it EmMargaret, that chose to rGesurrect yDou here for me, Gin scattered lCines of DpoetrCy, 
This dEmistant, wistful girl I see reflected in your eyes? 
FoCrgive me MaEmrgaret, all the Dways I am mistaken, all the liberties I’ve tCaken, 
CI’ve projected you in costumes I don’t think were quite your Emsize. 
Now here I’m cDlimbing up these sAmtones a hundred yEmears from where you were born, 
Looking for a sDong Amthat could take me Emto you. 
I have trDaced these roads, drove Ampast your home in EmBurbanDk, CCalifornia, 
But Amyou were not insCide you’ve found a beDtter place to hide. 
And tell me MAmargaret, whCen I’m gone, whEmat will I want, 
To be lCeft at the Dbottom of a garbage bin, or dusted off and pulled up onto sCtage? 
Will it plEmease me when someone lights a cGandle and sDays my nCame? 
Will I say lCeave me in my pyDramid, blow oEmut the flame and cDlose the lid, 
This stoCry’s done, why don’t we turn the pAmage?
[Interlude]
Em D Am C G Em D Am Em D Am Em Am C Em C Am D
EmAt the bottom of a Dgarbage Embin x12
EmLeave me in Dmy pyramid Cx2
Will it plEmease me when someone lDights a candle and says my Cname? x2
 Em   D   Cx2
Will it plEmease me when someone lDights a candle and says my Cname? x4
EmLeave me in Dmy pyramid Cx2
Will it plEmease me when someone lights a canDdle and says my Cname? 

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Pyramid

by Jason Webley

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[Intro]

Em G Em

Em D Bm D

Tell me Margaret, what is coming down this river?

G D C Em

You’ve been watching so much longer now than I.

Am Em D

Do you know Margaret, just what will this day deliver,

G C Em

Does it work out tooth for tooth and eye for eye?

Em D Am Em Am

They started stacking up the stones the very day that you were born.

Em D Am Em

No matter how you grew, they would tower above you.

D Am Em Am C

You could change your name, move all the way to sunny California.

Am C Am

But when you start your life anew, does that long shadow follow you?

Em G D G C D C

Who was it Margaret, that chose to resurrect you here for me, in scattered lines of poetry,

This distant, wistful girl I see reflected in your eyes?

C Em D C

Forgive me Margaret, all the ways I am mistaken, all the liberties I’ve taken,

C Em

I’ve projected you in costumes I don’t think were quite your size.

D Am Em

Now here I’m climbing up these stones a hundred years from where you were born,

D Am Em

Looking for a song that could take me to you.

D Am Em D C

I have traced these roads, drove past your home in Burbank, California,

Am C D

But you were not inside you’ve found a better place to hide.

Am C Em

And tell me Margaret, when I’m gone, what will I want,

C D C

To be left at the bottom of a garbage bin, or dusted off and pulled up onto stage?

Em G D C

Will it please me when someone lights a candle and says my name?

C D Em D

Will I say leave me in my pyramid, blow out the flame and close the lid,

C Am

This story’s done, why don’t we turn the page?

[Interlude]

Em D Am C G Em D Am Em D Am Em Am C Em C Am D

Em D Em

At the bottom of a garbage bin x12

Em D C

Leave me in my pyramid x2

Em D C

Will it please me when someone lights a candle and says my name? x2

Em D C

Will it please me when someone lights a candle and says my name? x4

Em D C

Leave me in my pyramid x2

Em D C

Will it please me when someone lights a candle and says my name?

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