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Monday Afternoon

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Note: Play the Em7 with A on 2 and the rest of the notes open
[Intro]
C   G   Em
C   G   Em
[Verse 1]
CI haGve no Ehead
CThe Gforest floor is my Embed
The Cleaves that Gfall I Emuse as a blanket
For my Cbones are as coGld as Emlead
The wCeight of aGll those Chungry moAuths
The things they sCaidG  Em  
C   G   Em
[Verse 2]
CI hGave no Emeyes
The Cforest Gfloor I Emdespise
But CI will Gnot be Emgone in the morning
I will Clie, still Ghere I wiEmll lie
[Pre-Chorus]
You Csaid to meet at thCe edge of the trees
On a CMonday afAternoon
I waited 'til Ammoon
[Chorus 1]
AmLay on your back Fbreathe it in
The Gsickly sweet of my Amrotting skin
But Amyou follEm7owed the Croad
And it was jCust oGur dAmust
CJust oGur duEst
C   G   Em
C   G   Em
[Verse 3]
The Ctrace oGf your sEmteps
Leads Cright to Gwhere I took my Embreath
FCor the last tGime, it liEmngers forever
As a gChost of wGhere we lEmast met
The Cstars were Gnot so Cbrave to sAhow
What they don't EmknowC  
Em    C
[Chorus 2]
AmLay on your back, Fbreathe it in
The Gsickly sweet of mAmy rotting skin
But Amyou follEm7owed the Croad
And it was Cjust oGur duAmst,
Cjust Gour dAmust
[Chorus 3]
AmLay on your back, Fbreathe it in
The sGickly sweet of mAmy rotting skin
But Amyou follEm7owed the Croad
And it was jCust oGur dAmust,
Cjust oGur Amdust
[Pre Chorus]
AmStanding there in the Ffrosty air
I kGnew our time had cAmome
And Amyou folloEm7wed the rCoad
And it was Amjust ouCr duGst, jAmust oCur dGust
AmJust oCur duEst
C   G    Em
C   G    Em
[Verse 4]   (Strum Once)
CI feel no pain
The Cblood is frozen in my veins
And Calthough you were here in the morning
CMy skin was coGld before you Emcame
CMy skin was cold before you came

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Monday Afternoon

by Marika Hackman

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Em7

Note: Play the Em7 with A on 2 and the rest of the notes open

[Intro]

C G Em

[Verse 1]

C G E

I have no head

C G Em

The forest floor is my bed

C G Em

The leaves that fall I use as a blanket

C G Em

For my bones are as cold as lead

C G C A

The weight of all those hungry mouths

C G Em

The things they said

C G Em

[Verse 2]

C G Em

I have no eyes

C G Em

The forest floor I despise

C G Em

But I will not be gone in the morning

C G Em

I will lie, still here I will lie

[Pre-Chorus]

C C

You said to meet at the edge of the trees

C A

On a Monday afternoon

I waited 'til moon

[Chorus 1]

Am F

Lay on your back breathe it in

G Am

The sickly sweet of my rotting skin

Am Em7 C

But you followed the road

C G Am

And it was just our dust

C G E

Just our dust

C G Em

[Verse 3]

C G Em

The trace of your steps

C G Em

Leads right to where I took my breath

C G Em

For the last time, it lingers forever

C G Em

As a ghost of where we last met

C G C A

The stars were not so brave to show

Em C

What they don't know

Em C

[Chorus 2]

Am F

Lay on your back, breathe it in

G Am

The sickly sweet of my rotting skin

Am Em7 C

But you followed the road

C G Am

And it was just our dust,

C G Am

just our dust

[Chorus 3]

Am F

Lay on your back, breathe it in

G Am

The sickly sweet of my rotting skin

Am Em7 C

But you followed the road

C G Am

And it was just our dust,

C G Am

just our dust

[Pre Chorus]

Am F

Standing there in the frosty air

G Am

I knew our time had come

Am Em7 C

And you followed the road

Am C G Am C G

And it was just our dust, just our dust

Am C E

Just our dust

C G Em

[Verse 4] (Strum Once)

I feel no pain

The blood is frozen in my veins

And although you were here in the morning

C G Em

My skin was cold before you came

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