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A5I count to three and grinE5.
You smile and let me inF#5.
We sit and watch the waD5ll you painted purple.A5  
Speech will spill on spE5ace.
Our little cups of gracF#5e.
But pauses rattle D5on about the way that you cF#5ut the snow-fence,
G#5braved the blood,
the meA5tal of those heaD5rts that you alwF#5ays end up presG#5sing your tongue A5to.
How your bF#5ody still remeG#5mbers things you tA5old it to foD5rget.
How those F#5furious affectG#5ions followed you.A5  
e-|-----------THIS PART IS TRICKY---------|
B-|-----FOCUS ON GETTING THE TIMING RIGHT-|
G-|--------7------6-6-6/7/6/2-------------|
D-|-7------7-x16--6-6-6/7/6/2-------------|
A-|-7-x32--5------4-4-4/5/4/0-------------|
E-|-5-------------------------------------|
A5I've got this store-bought wE5ay of saying I'm okF#5ay,
and you learned how to cD5ry in total silence.A5  
We're talented and brE5ight.
We're lonely and uptF#5ight.
We've found some lovely waD5ys to disappoint,
but the aiF#5rport's always alG#5most empty tA5his time of the yD5ear,
so let's gF#5o play on a baggaG#5ge carousel.A5  
F#5Set our watches forG#5ward like we're juA5st arriving hD5ere
F#5from a past we left in a plG#5ace we knew too welA5l.
Knew too well.
Knew too well.
 A5   C#5   B5   C#5  E5(x799xx)  D5  
slide  D5slide  C#5slide A5  
 PREVIOUS  A5RINGS  E5  
Hold on to the corners of today,
and we'll fF#5old it up to save until it's neD5eded.
A5Stand still. Let me E5scrub that brackish line that you F#5got
when something rose and then recD5eded.
Hold on.
[OUTRO]:
A5 E5 F#5 C5 A5

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Watermark

by The Weakerthans

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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F#5

G#5

C#5

A5 E5

I count to three and grin.

F#5

You smile and let me in.

D5 A5

We sit and watch the wall you painted purple.

Speech will spill on space.

F#5

Our little cups of grace.

D5 F#5

But pauses rattle on about the way that you cut the snow-fence,

G#5

braved the blood,

A5 D5 F#5 G#5 A5

the metal of those hearts that you always end up pressing your tongue to.

F#5 G#5 A5 D5

How your body still remembers things you told it to forget.

F#5 G#5 A5

How those furious affections followed you.

e-|-----------THIS PART IS TRICKY---------|

B-|-----FOCUS ON GETTING THE TIMING RIGHT-|

G-|--------7------6-6-6/7/6/2-------------|

D-|-7------7-x16--6-6-6/7/6/2-------------|

A-|-7-x32--5------4-4-4/5/4/0-------------|

E-|-5-------------------------------------|

A5 E5 F#5

I've got this store-bought way of saying I'm okay,

D5 A5

and you learned how to cry in total silence.

We're talented and bright.

F#5

We're lonely and uptight.

We've found some lovely ways to disappoint,

F#5 G#5 A5 D5

but the airport's always almost empty this time of the year,

F#5 G#5 A5

so let's go play on a baggage carousel.

F#5 G#5 A5 D5

Set our watches forward like we're just arriving here

F#5 G#5 A5

from a past we left in a place we knew too well.

Knew too well.

A5 C#5 B5 C#5 E5 D5

(x799xx)

D5 C#5 A5

slide slide slide

A5 E5

PREVIOUS RINGS

Hold on to the corners of today,

F#5 D5

and we'll fold it up to save until it's needed.

A5 E5 F#5

Stand still. Let me scrub that brackish line that you got

when something rose and then receded.

Hold on.

[OUTRO]:

A5 E5 F#5 C5 A5

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