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Sylvia An Introduction

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When you were yGounger, you had Bmnightmares
You had Cscissor-pain and Gphantom G/F#limbs
And Emthings that kept yAmou nervous
Through that Ctwelve-year interiDm
When you Gfell crossing that Bmstreet
South of CHouston, old ManGhattan G/F#land
Those Emnightmares fell from Ambuilding-tops
And Ctook you by the Dhand
And you were Gbrought into those Bmrooms
With sliding Ccurtains, shining Gchildren's G/F#heads
And Emone of them, that Amboy
Was not as Clucky as you Dthen
But he Greturns to you at Bmnight
Just when you Cthink you might have Gfallen G/F#asleep
His Emface is up Amagainst yours
And you're too Cterrified to Dspeak
AmOh, SylviDa
AmOh, SylviDa
EmYou may think that I'm not Amlistening
But I Cam, goddamn, I Dam
I won't Gpretend I underBmstand
Because I Ccan't, and know I Gnever G/F#will
But Emsomething makes you Amsting
And something Cmakes you want to Dkill
It made you Gcrawl under that Bmhouse
And stick your Chead under the GstoveG/F#  
It's Emall connected
IAmn those complicated Cnightmares that you Dwove
AmOh, SylviDa
AmOh, SylviDa
You may Emthink that I'm not Amlistening
But CI am, goddamn, DI am

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Sylvia An Introduction

by The Antlers

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G/F#

G Bm

When you were younger, you had nightmares

C G G/F#

You had scissor-pain and phantom limbs

Em Am

And things that kept you nervous

C D

Through that twelve-year interim

G Bm

When you fell crossing that street

C G G/F#

South of Houston, old Manhattan land

Em Am

Those nightmares fell from building-tops

C D

And took you by the hand

G Bm

And you were brought into those rooms

C G G/F#

With sliding curtains, shining children's heads

Em Am

And one of them, that boy

C D

Was not as lucky as you then

G Bm

But he returns to you at night

C G G/F#

Just when you think you might have fallen asleep

Em Am

His face is up against yours

C D

And you're too terrified to speak

Am D

Oh, Sylvia

Am D

Oh, Sylvia

Em Am

You may think that I'm not listening

C D

But I am, goddamn, I am

G Bm

I won't pretend I understand

C G G/F#

Because I can't, and know I never will

Em Am

But something makes you sting

C D

And something makes you want to kill

G Bm

It made you crawl under that house

C G G/F#

And stick your head under the stove

It's all connected

Am C D

In those complicated nightmares that you wove

Am D

Oh, Sylvia

Am D

Oh, Sylvia

Em Am

You may think that I'm not listening

C D

But I am, goddamn, I am

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