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This Is A Fire Door Never Leave Open

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1/57

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Verse          Refrain       Chorus
----------     ---------     ----------
   Cx320xx       G3200xx        Cx3201x
  Em0220xx       F1332xx        F13321x
   F1332xx                     Amx0221x
                                G32000x
Capo 5th fret
[Intro]
e|-C-----------------------|-C/E-----------------------|-C/F-----------------------|------------------------|
B|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
G|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
D|-0--2--2--0--0--2--2--0-|-0--2--2--0--0--2--2--0-|-0--2--2--0--0--2--2--0-|-0--2--2--0--0--2--2--0-| x3
A|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|
E|------------------------|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|-1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1-|-1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1-|
[Verse 1]
  CHeadlights rEmace towards the cForner of the dining room
  CHalf illEmuminate a fFace before they disappear
  CYou breathe in fEmorty years of fFailing to describe a feeling
  CI breathe out sEmmoke against the wFindow, trace the letters in your naGme
[Refrain 1]
  GOur letters sound the sFame, full of all our changing
  GThat isn't change at aFll, all straight lines circle somCetimeC/E  C/F  C  C/E  C/F  
[Verse 2]
  CYou said sEmomewhere there's a bFox full of replacement parts to
  CAll the tEmenderness we've bFroken or let rust away
  CSomewhere sEmympathy is mFore than just a way of leaving
  CSomewhere sEmomeone says I'm sForry, someone's making plans to sGtay
[Refrain 2]
  GSo tell me it's okFay, tell me anything or
  GShow me there's a pFull unassailable 
[Chorus 1]
That will lCead you there from the dark alone to benFevolence that you've never known 
Or you kAmnew when you were fGour and can't remeFmber
Where a sCmall knife tears out those sloppy seams and the sFilence knows what your silence means
And your mAmetaphors as Gmixed as you can mFake them, are linked like days togCetherC/E  C/F  C  C/E  C/F  
[Interlude]
C  Em  F
C  Em  F
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----5---5---5---5---3---1---0---0-0h1p0-------|
G|--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---------0-h2--|
D|----------------------------------------------| x2
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
[Refrain 3]
  GI still hear trains at nFight, when the wind is right I
                 G                      FN.C.
  Remember everything, lick and thread this string 
[Chorus 2]
That will nCever mend you or tailor more than a mFemory of a kitchen floor
Or the fAmire door that wGe kept propping oFpen
And I lCove this place, the enormous sky and the fFaces, hands that I'm haunted by
So wAmhy can't GI forgive these bFuildings, these frameworks labeled hComeC/E  C/F  C  C/E  C/F  
[Outro]
  CHeadlights rEmace towards the cForner of the dining room
  CHalf illEmuminate a fFace before they disappear

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This Is A Fire Door Never Leave Open

by The Weakerthans

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 5 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

C/E

C/F

Verse Refrain Chorus

---------- --------- ----------

C G C

x320xx 3200xx x3201x

Em F F

0220xx 1332xx 13321x

F Am

1332xx x0221x

32000x

Capo 5th fret

[Intro]

C C/E C/F

e|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|

B|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|

G|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|

D|-0--2--2--0--0--2--2--0-|-0--2--2--0--0--2--2--0-|-0--2--2--0--0--2--2--0-|-0--2--2--0--0--2--2--0-| x3

A|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|

E|------------------------|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|-1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1-|-1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1-|

[Verse 1]

C Em F

Headlights race towards the corner of the dining room

C Em F

Half illuminate a face before they disappear

C Em F

You breathe in forty years of failing to describe a feeling

C Em F G

I breathe out smoke against the window, trace the letters in your name

[Refrain 1]

G F

Our letters sound the same, full of all our changing

G F C C/E C/F C C/E C/F

That isn't change at all, all straight lines circle sometime

[Verse 2]

C Em F

You said somewhere there's a box full of replacement parts to

C Em F

All the tenderness we've broken or let rust away

C Em F

Somewhere sympathy is more than just a way of leaving

C Em F G

Somewhere someone says I'm sorry, someone's making plans to stay

[Refrain 2]

G F

So tell me it's okay, tell me anything or

G F

Show me there's a pull unassailable

[Chorus 1]

C F

That will lead you there from the dark alone to benevolence that you've never known

Am G F

Or you knew when you were four and can't remember

C F

Where a small knife tears out those sloppy seams and the silence knows what your silence means

Am G F C C/E C/F C C/E C/F

And your metaphors as mixed as you can make them, are linked like days together

[Interlude]

C Em F

e|----------------------------------------------|

B|----5---5---5---5---3---1---0---0-0h1p0-------|

G|--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---------0-h2--|

D|----------------------------------------------| x2

A|----------------------------------------------|

E|----------------------------------------------|

[Refrain 3]

G F

I still hear trains at night, when the wind is right I

G F

N.C.

Remember everything, lick and thread this string

[Chorus 2]

C F

That will never mend you or tailor more than a memory of a kitchen floor

Am G F

Or the fire door that we kept propping open

C F

And I love this place, the enormous sky and the faces, hands that I'm haunted by

Am G F C C/E C/F C C/E C/F

So why can't I forgive these buildings, these frameworks labeled home

[Outro]

C Em F

Headlights race towards the corner of the dining room

C Em F

Half illuminate a face before they disappear

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