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[Verse 1]
G#mA strange July, a storm came down
From the nBorth and pulled out the salt
And it tore C#mout the leaves
From the pear tree and my cG#manopy
[Verse 2]
G#mIn the twigs and the bugs of sow
I knew soBmehow I was free
I hC#meld a stone above my bones
I was sG#mhaking
C#m E
G#mBap bap ba, bap bap ba dada da
C#m E
[Verse 3]
G#mIn the blue stained glass church
You gBathered up my heart
SC#mauntered together all the tiny shattered paG#mrts
I said, 'G#mall I can see in front of me is the aBrmpit of a crow'
You cC#mlosed the ring and opened the door
And rG#man into the summer yard
[Chorus]
'Cause the sEun's been known C#mto shine
On our wG#mandering kind
Yeah, the Esun's been known tC#mo shine
On our wG#mandering kind (to shine)
G#m B C#m G#m
G#m(oohB, C#mooh-G#mooh-ooh...)
[Verse 4]
G#mClogging on her wooden board
The tBattooed girl took up her swords
And pC#mlunged them down deep into the earthG#m  
A G#mtwinkling tie filled up her eyes
And pBoured out to the lawn
And C#mmade a raft of the scraps from her skirt
And sG#mailed 'til dawn
[Chorus]
'Cause the sEun's been known tC#mo shine
On our wG#mandering kind (to shine)
Yeah, the sEun's been known tC#mo shine
On our wG#mandering kind (to shine)
Our G#mwandering kind

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Wandering Kind

by Laura Veirs

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

G#m

C#m

[Verse 1]

G#m

A strange July, a storm came down

From the north and pulled out the salt

C#m

And it tore out the leaves

G#m

From the pear tree and my canopy

[Verse 2]

G#m

In the twigs and the bugs of sow

I knew somehow I was free

C#m

I held a stone above my bones

G#m

I was shaking

C#m E

G#m

Bap bap ba, bap bap ba dada da

C#m E

[Verse 3]

G#m

In the blue stained glass church

You gathered up my heart

C#m G#m

Sauntered together all the tiny shattered parts

G#m B

I said, 'all I can see in front of me is the armpit of a crow'

C#m

You closed the ring and opened the door

G#m

And ran into the summer yard

[Chorus]

E C#m

'Cause the sun's been known to shine

G#m

On our wandering kind

E C#m

Yeah, the sun's been known to shine

G#m

On our wandering kind (to shine)

G#m B C#m G#m

(ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh...)

[Verse 4]

G#m

Clogging on her wooden board

The tattooed girl took up her swords

C#m G#m

And plunged them down deep into the earth

G#m

A twinkling tie filled up her eyes

And poured out to the lawn

C#m

And made a raft of the scraps from her skirt

G#m

And sailed 'til dawn

[Chorus]

E C#m

'Cause the sun's been known to shine

G#m

On our wandering kind (to shine)

E C#m

Yeah, the sun's been known to shine

G#m

On our wandering kind (to shine)

G#m

Our wandering kind

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