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Sensory Memory

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[Verse 1]
EI start missing you
EDays before you leave
EI guess it's a F#mkind of sensory memory
F#mDeep below the conscious
EMind you
EI can be on my own
EI'm an only child
F#mI like my company
F#mPotter 'round
F#mMake another pot of
ETea for two is when
EYou come home
EWe sit and eat breakfast
F#mEggs with soldier toast
F#mButtered well
F#mSo you get the edges
F#mOf the things we never saAy
F#mDistance has a funny wayA  
F#mOf slowly making you someAone
That I don't know
[Instrumental]
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---4------------4------\4--------------------------\4-----------|
D|-----6-4-6-4-4-6----4-6----6-4----4-4-6---4-6---4-6----6-4------|  x2
A|-------------------------------7--------4-----4------------7----|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 2]
EPeople ask me why
EI don't go on the road with you
F#mI tell them
F#m"Here's a day in the life of a touring muso"
EEarly morning flight
EPress all day
ECity through a window
F#mAir-conditioned room
F#mWith a view
F#mLate night
F#mEarly morning
ELight creeps through the blinds
EAnd the cat
EHungry for her breakfast
F#mRoutine keeps me sane
F#mI'm not made
F#mFor the lonesome highway
F#mI guess I'm never gonna beA  
F#mThe Joy to your Slim DustyA  
F#mBut you know I'm always heAre, when you get home
[Instrumental]
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---4------------4------\4--------------------------\4-----------|
D|-----6-4-6-4-4-6----4-6----6-4----4-4-6---4-6---4-6----6-4------|  x2
A|-------------------------------7--------4-----4------------7----|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
[Solo]
E F#m
[Outro]
EI start missing you
EDays before you leave
F#mI guess it's a kind of sensory memory
F#mDeep below the consciousE  
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Sensory Memory

by Jen Cloher

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F#m

[Verse 1]

I start missing you

Days before you leave

E F#m

I guess it's a kind of sensory memory

F#m

Deep below the conscious

Mind you

I can be on my own

I'm an only child

F#m

I like my company

F#m

Potter 'round

F#m

Make another pot of

Tea for two is when

You come home

We sit and eat breakfast

F#m

Eggs with soldier toast

F#m

Buttered well

F#m

So you get the edges

F#m A

Of the things we never say

F#m A

Distance has a funny way

F#m A

Of slowly making you someone

That I don't know

[Instrumental]

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

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

G|---4------------4------\4--------------------------\4-----------|

D|-----6-4-6-4-4-6----4-6----6-4----4-4-6---4-6---4-6----6-4------| x2

A|-------------------------------7--------4-----4------------7----|

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

[Verse 2]

People ask me why

I don't go on the road with you

F#m

I tell them

F#m

"Here's a day in the life of a touring muso"

Early morning flight

Press all day

City through a window

F#m

Air-conditioned room

F#m

With a view

F#m

Late night

F#m

Early morning

Light creeps through the blinds

And the cat

Hungry for her breakfast

F#m

Routine keeps me sane

F#m

I'm not made

F#m

For the lonesome highway

F#m A

I guess I'm never gonna be

F#m A

The Joy to your Slim Dusty

F#m A

But you know I'm always here, when you get home

[Instrumental]

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

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

G|---4------------4------\4--------------------------\4-----------|

D|-----6-4-6-4-4-6----4-6----6-4----4-4-6---4-6---4-6----6-4------| x2

A|-------------------------------7--------4-----4------------7----|

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

[Solo]

E F#m

[Outro]

I start missing you

Days before you leave

F#m

I guess it's a kind of sensory memory

F#m E

Deep below the conscious

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