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[Intro]
C
[Verse 1]
AmFolds in Cthe wind; Amthe wake of rock Cand pen
AmO you mysterCy: Amcan the mind fit in Cthe brain?
[Hook 1]
The Fdrop of a jaw
The Cclick of a tongue
GLarynx and lungAm  
To Fetchings in clay of glyphs and cuneiform;C  Em  
(x2)
[Verse 2]
FOnce the "Cfarmer", not Gthe "man-on-the-farm"
Our Fziggurat bricks all baked up from the groundC  G  
FBut that day Cshe fell like Gcold water on my Ccomfortably ignorant skinF  
I knew our life Cdefined our words Gunalike…
FWhen I woke, we were Gsmoke on a tight Crope afloat on the notion:
Am"if all of this is Farbitrary, why does it happen at CalEml?"
FAnd it's been years of Cmy trying to make Gsense of one week
(Drop of the jaw, the click of the tongue, larnyx and lung)
AmI didn't know it then, Fbut that verse she penned--I found in her log--would ruin me:C  Em  
                  (To etchings in clay of glyphs and cuneiform)
[Verse 3]
F"O deCar heart, Glocked awayC  
FGiven but description of a Cwindow to Glight your way
FWould dare thee bell, a Gsong to sing?C  
Take Fcare, the way out Cis more damaging."
[Interlude 1]
F C Am G
F   Am Em
F C Am G
F   Am Em
[Hook 2]
GOne says a word, one in turn Dminterprets it
DBut when unique things use generic meansG…is anything ever being said?
GOne says a word, one in turn Aminterprets it
DmBut when unique things Duse generic meansG  
[Hook 3]
F"It's the Cgaps between the Amwaves that make the tones we hear realizCable.
F"It's the Cgaps between...Am  
F"It's the Cgaps between the Amwaves that make the tones we hear realizDmable.
FStill everAmy crest is Caching to Amshake to be Bmas one!
[Spoken words]
C
[Interlude 2]
F(xC4)G  
[Build-Up]
"FR CE GC"
"FO CN GS"
"FT CR GU"
"FC CT"G  
"FR CE GC" They're falling now, They're calling out
"FO CN GS"
"FT CR GU" They're falling now, They're calling out
"FC CT"   GTo know...
"FR CE GC" They're falling now, They're calling out!
"FO CN GS" To know their worth!
"FT CR GU" They're falling now, They're calling out!
"FC CT"   GTo know their worth!
N.C.
[Breakdown]
 FThe parts Cache for Gresolve!
"R         E        C" They're falling now, They're calling out!
 FMy parts aCche for rGesolve!
"O         N        S" To know their worth!
 FThe parts Cache for Gresolve!
"T         R        U" They're falling now, They're calling out!
 FMy parts aCche for rGesolve!
"C         T"          To know their worth!
[Outro]
My parts ache for reCsolve

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Grammatology

by ADJY

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[Intro]

[Verse 1]

Am C Am C

Folds in the wind; the wake of rock and pen

Am C Am C

O you mystery: can the mind fit in the brain?

[Hook 1]

The drop of a jaw

The click of a tongue

G Am

Larynx and lung

F C Em

To etchings in clay of glyphs and cuneiform;

(x2)

[Verse 2]

F C G

Once the "farmer", not the "man-on-the-farm"

F C G

Our ziggurat bricks all baked up from the ground

F C G C F

But that day she fell like cold water on my comfortably ignorant skin

C G

I knew our life defined our words unalike…

F G C

When I woke, we were smoke on a tight rope afloat on the notion:

Am F C Em

"if all of this is arbitrary, why does it happen at all?"

F C G

And it's been years of my trying to make sense of one week

(Drop of the jaw, the click of the tongue, larnyx and lung)

Am F C Em

I didn't know it then, but that verse she penned--I found in her log--would ruin me:

(To etchings in clay of glyphs and cuneiform)

[Verse 3]

F C G C

"O dear heart, locked away

F C G

Given but description of a window to light your way

F G C

Would dare thee bell, a song to sing?

F C

Take care, the way out is more damaging."

[Interlude 1]

F C Am G

F Am Em

F C Am G

F Am Em

[Hook 2]

G Dm

One says a word, one in turn interprets it

D G

But when unique things use generic means…is anything ever being said?

G Am

One says a word, one in turn interprets it

Dm D G

But when unique things use generic means

[Hook 3]

F C Am C

"It's the gaps between the waves that make the tones we hear realizable.

F C Am

"It's the gaps between...

F C Am Dm

"It's the gaps between the waves that make the tones we hear realizable.

F Am C Am Bm

Still every crest is aching to shake to be as one!

[Spoken words]

[Interlude 2]

F C G

(x4)

[Build-Up]

F C G

"R E C"

F C G

"O N S"

F C G

"T R U"

F C G

"C T"

F C G

"R E C" They're falling now, They're calling out

F C G

"O N S"

F C G

"T R U" They're falling now, They're calling out

F C G

"C T" To know...

F C G

"R E C" They're falling now, They're calling out!

F C G

"O N S" To know their worth!

F C G

"T R U" They're falling now, They're calling out!

F C G

"C T" To know their worth!

N.C.

[Breakdown]

F C G

The parts ache for resolve!

"R E C" They're falling now, They're calling out!

F C G

My parts ache for resolve!

"O N S" To know their worth!

F C G

The parts ache for resolve!

"T R U" They're falling now, They're calling out!

F C G

My parts ache for resolve!

"C T" To know their worth!

[Outro]

My parts ache for resolve

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