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Am Em Am Em
C Em/B C E
AmI'm ill with a fever, I Emfeel like a child
AmI lay in the dark 'Emtil morning came.
It's Cso unoriginal
And I Em/Bfeel it worse at night
I Cknow it's not terminal
But EI'm near half-dead fright
And freezing Amcold.
AmBut sooner than woke up
To Emfind it all unchanged
AmI'll sleep Emthrough the day til the daylight ends.
Cos it's Call so familiar
As it Em/Bcomes around again
The Csame taste to everything
The Esame unbroken chain
That stilAml remains.
F G Em/G Em
F G Em
FWith morning I Grise,
FA dream that won't Emleave me,
You're Fsad, naked and Gpale
And you're Amreaching for the rail
You took Ema look inside, how could you peel away
Or Ambreak the shell, the hurt you've hidden so Emwell
For all your days.
And you're Cgoing down
As you Em/Bslip beneath the waves,
Won't Cmake a sound
Won't Eeven leaAmve a trace before you.
D/A C/G Bb/F Am/E
Dm7 Em7 F
G Am
I hear Eman appalling sigh from the streets below
And it's Amcreeping fear congealed in stone
That Empaves the crazy road.
And Call are succumbing and they Em/Blook so hopelessly
At the Cheartbreak, it's easy to deal with,
EJust take these and you'll really never Amfeel it. 
 Bm   G   Bm   G   A   G   A   DBmsus4 ...

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Reaching For The Rail

by Richard Wright

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Em/B

Em/G

D/A

C/G

Bb/F

Am/E

Dm7

Em7

Am Em Am Em

C Em/B C E

Am Em

I'm ill with a fever, I feel like a child

Am Em

I lay in the dark 'til morning came.

It's so unoriginal

Em/B

And I feel it worse at night

I know it's not terminal

But I'm near half-dead fright

And freezing cold.

But sooner than woke up

To find it all unchanged

Am Em

I'll sleep through the day til the daylight ends.

Cos it's all so familiar

Em/B

As it comes around again

The same taste to everything

The same unbroken chain

That still remains.

F G Em/G Em

F G Em

F G

With morning I rise,

F Em

A dream that won't leave me,

F G

You're sad, naked and pale

And you're reaching for the rail

You took a look inside, how could you peel away

Am Em

Or break the shell, the hurt you've hidden so well

For all your days.

And you're going down

Em/B

As you slip beneath the waves,

Won't make a sound

E Am

Won't even leave a trace before you.

D/A C/G Bb/F Am/E

Dm7 Em7 F

G Am

I hear an appalling sigh from the streets below

And it's creeping fear congealed in stone

That paves the crazy road.

C Em/B

And all are succumbing and they look so hopelessly

At the heartbreak, it's easy to deal with,

E Am

Just take these and you'll really never feel it.

Bm G Bm G A G A D

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