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Tin Can

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[Verse]
I Elive high
Oh my tAin can up in the skyF#m  
All those Epeople down below
Oh that city that I long to knF#mow
Moving fEast, what's their name?
Where they goAing and from which hole they caF#mme?
I'm no Eone but a face just a straAnger in a stranger placF#me
BreathEing out, breathing in
Sun came Aup then it went down agaF#min
As I say EI am a visiAtor herF#7e
[Verse]
I Edon't mind
Oh my tin cAan up in the skyF#m  
All tEhose people down below
Oh they're just pAeople that I long to shoF#mw
That I'm faEst, that I'm game
So much biggAer than the hole I camF#me
I'm not no Eone not empty space
Just a strAanger in a strange strange plF#mace
Breathing Ein, breathing out
Sun came uAp and then the sun came dowF#mn
And I sing EI am a prAisoner hereF#m  
[Verse]
But I don't mindE  
(repeat pattern throughout solo)
EI live high
Oh my tiAn can up in the skyF#m  
All those peEople down below
Oh that cAity that I long to kF#mnow
Moving faEst, what's their names?
Where they goiAng and from which hole they cF#mame?
I'm no Eone but a face just a straAnger in a stranger pF#mlace
BEreathing out, breathing in
Sun came uAp then went down agF#main
As I say EI am a visAitor heF#mre
But I don't mindE  
Repeat pattern through last solo

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Tin Can

by Kevin Morby

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F#m

F#7

[Verse]

I live high

A F#m

Oh my tin can up in the sky

All those people down below

F#m

Oh that city that I long to know

Moving fast, what's their name?

A F#m

Where they going and from which hole they came?

E A F#m

I'm no one but a face just a stranger in a stranger place

Breathing out, breathing in

A F#m

Sun came up then it went down again

E A F#7

As I say I am a visitor here

[Verse]

I don't mind

A F#m

Oh my tin can up in the sky

All those people down below

A F#m

Oh they're just people that I long to show

That I'm fast, that I'm game

A F#m

So much bigger than the hole I came

I'm not no one not empty space

A F#m

Just a stranger in a strange strange place

Breathing in, breathing out

A F#m

Sun came up and then the sun came down

E A F#m

And I sing I am a prisoner here

[Verse]

But I don't mind

(repeat pattern throughout solo)

I live high

A F#m

Oh my tin can up in the sky

All those people down below

A F#m

Oh that city that I long to know

Moving fast, what's their names?

A F#m

Where they going and from which hole they came?

E A F#m

I'm no one but a face just a stranger in a stranger place

Breathing out, breathing in

A F#m

Sun came up then went down again

E A F#m

As I say I am a visitor here

But I don't mind

Repeat pattern through last solo

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