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Empty Frame

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[Verse 1]
ESo they Grode the sea, it went Don and on
They were Gyears away, though it Dseemed so long
But the Gcaptain never told them what he Dknew
As the Gpoor ship laboured on through the endless Dblue
A  D
[Verse 2]
Oh, the Gstorm was strong and the Dship was so frail
But they Gstumbled on raising Dbroken sails
And they Gheld the heavy sky on their open Dhands
And they Gdreamed of when their poor feet would touch the Dland
A  D
[Refrain]
GMabey we're going 'round in Dcircles
GWhere is this place we're going Dto?
GDoes anybody know we're Dout here on the waves?
And are Gany of our signals coming Dthrough?
A  D
GWe're going 'round in Dcircles
GWe have no single point of Dview
GAnd like the clouds that turn to Devery passing wind
We Gturn to any signal that comes Dthrough
A  D
[Verse 3]
At the Gedge of the sea were the Dsigns of the dove
But the Gwrong way out and the Dwrong way up
We pushed the Gempty frame of reason out the cabin Ddoor
No, we Gwon't be needing reasons anyDmore
A  D

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Empty Frame

by Brian Eno

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[Verse 1]

E G D

So they rode the sea, it went on and on

G D

They were years away, though it seemed so long

G D

But the captain never told them what he knew

G D

As the poor ship laboured on through the endless blue

A D

[Verse 2]

G D

Oh, the storm was strong and the ship was so frail

G D

But they stumbled on raising broken sails

G D

And they held the heavy sky on their open hands

G D

And they dreamed of when their poor feet would touch the land

A D

[Refrain]

G D

Mabey we're going 'round in circles

G D

Where is this place we're going to?

G D

Does anybody know we're out here on the waves?

G D

And are any of our signals coming through?

A D

G D

We're going 'round in circles

G D

We have no single point of view

G D

And like the clouds that turn to every passing wind

G D

We turn to any signal that comes through

A D

[Verse 3]

G D

At the edge of the sea were the signs of the dove

G D

But the wrong way out and the wrong way up

G D

We pushed the empty frame of reason out the cabin door

G D

No, we won't be needing reasons anymore

A D

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