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Just transcribed from some chord finding site, sounds correct though.
Bb  C Gm
BbI can't get the image out of my CheadGm  
FOf when I held you right thereGm  
And watBbched you dieF  
BbUpstairs in the back bedroom Cof our Gmhouse
GmWhere we have lived for many years
FYour last gasping breathsGm  
I see it agaiBbn and againF  
BbAs the breeze blew iCnGm  
FThe room I still don't go in at nigGmht
BbBecause I see yoFu
BbYour transformed, dying face will recedCe with time
GmIs what our counselor said
Who we wFalked to every Monday, holding haGmnds
Slower eveBbry week with your breathingF  
GmUntil we had to drive
BuBbt then only two months after you diedC  
GmOur counselor died
FAll at once, her empty office with no light oGmn
BbAs if her work was doneF  
We are aGmll always so cAmlose to not existing at BballC  
Except in the conGmfusion of our suAmrvived-bys grasping at the eBbchoesC  
TBboday our daughter asked me if maCma swimsGm  
I told her, "YFes, she doesGm  
And that's probably aBbll she does
Now."F  
WGmhat was you is nAmow borne across wBbaves
EvapCorating

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Swims

by Mount Eerie

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Just transcribed from some chord finding site, sounds correct though.

Bb C Gm

I can't get the image out of my head

F Gm

Of when I held you right there

Bb F

And watched you die

Bb C Gm

Upstairs in the back bedroom of our house

Where we have lived for many years

F Gm

Your last gasping breaths

Bb F

I see it again and again

Bb C Gm

As the breeze blew in

F Gm

The room I still don't go in at night

Bb F

Because I see you

Bb C

Your transformed, dying face will recede with time

Is what our counselor said

F Gm

Who we walked to every Monday, holding hands

Bb F

Slower every week with your breathing

Until we had to drive

Bb C

But then only two months after you died

Our counselor died

F Gm

All at once, her empty office with no light on

Bb F

As if her work was done

Gm Am Bb C

We are all always so close to not existing at all

Gm Am Bb C

Except in the confusion of our survived-bys grasping at the echoes

Bb C Gm

Today our daughter asked me if mama swims

F Gm

I told her, "Yes, she does

And that's probably all she does

Now."

Gm Am Bb

What was you is now borne across waves

Evaporating

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