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Hi Water

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High Water
Anodyne
Uncle Tupelo
DTried to face up to the blinding Asun
Racing Bmfor the final word to come
Facing up is Ghard, to G/F#stay devout
I can't Dsee the Asand and it's running Gout
DAnd it's running Gout
DWe quote each other only when we're Awrong
We tear out the Bmthreads and move along
Can't seem to Gfind G/F#common ground
I can't Dsee the Asand and it's running Emout
It was only Acircumstances
But it's the Ddifference
It gets in the wAay
No race is Emrun in this Adirection
You can't break Deven
You can't Aeven quit the Bmgame
 D  G  D    A  Bm  G  D  A  G  D  G
DThe current drags to the bottom
A hemorrhage that Amoves us around
Pulls and Bmbeckons, strong direction
High water Gforever G/F#bringing us down
I can't Dsee the Asand and it's running Gout
DIt's running Gout
EmIt was only Acircumstances
But it's the Ddifference
It gets in the Away
No race is Emrun in this Adirection
You can't break Deven
You can't Aeven quit the GgameD  

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Hi Water

by Uncle Tupelo

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G/F#

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High Water

Anodyne

Uncle Tupelo

D A

Tried to face up to the blinding sun

Racing for the final word to come

G G/F#

Facing up is hard, to stay devout

D A G

I can't see the sand and it's running out

D G

And it's running out

D A

We quote each other only when we're wrong

We tear out the threads and move along

G G/F#

Can't seem to find common ground

D A Em

I can't see the sand and it's running out

It was only circumstances

But it's the difference

It gets in the way

Em A

No race is run in this direction

You can't break even

A Bm

You can't even quit the game

D G D A Bm G D A G D G

The current drags to the bottom

A hemorrhage that moves us around

Pulls and beckons, strong direction

G G/F#

High water forever bringing us down

D A G

I can't see the sand and it's running out

D G

It's running out

Em A

It was only circumstances

But it's the difference

It gets in the way

Em A

No race is run in this direction

You can't break even

A G D

You can't even quit the game

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