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CARAMIA (Emily Saliers)
DCaramia - a blank Enotebook and a back pocket fade...
You used to Emmock me;
Sometimes I would Gcry
When C#dimI was home Dlater.Gm  D  
You hurt my feelings:
Why, why, B7why?
Write it down in your Emnotebook,
My wannabe GHC#dimarriet the Dspy.Dsus4  D  
Some say your Bm7genius
Is in your Em7madness;
Will you get Dmbetter?
And then will you Dleave us?Dsus4  D  
How you Gmixed with the C#dimdarkness
At such a young Dage!
Until in your Emchemistry
Science and Gviolence
Turned C#dimsilence to rageD.Dsus4  D  
       D5  D5/        B  D5/          C#  D5  
Why...       are you dreaming this?
One shoe Amoff, and a bAm/Bridge to cross over.Am/C  Asus2  
    D5  D5/        B  D5/      C#  D5  
And where is your taxi fare?
Are you Amleft by yourAm/Bself
Or lAm/Ceft by your Asus2lover?
                        D5  D5/B  
For three nights straight now
                 D5/      C#  D5  
I dreamed I kept both of my shoes,
But I've forgAmotten my linAm/Bes, and
I've Am/Cmisplaced mAsus2y cues;
DAnd there's a sea full of fD/Baces
And a D/C#show to go on;
And I'm Amstruck mute Am/Bat entrance
With Am/Cnothing to Asus2draw from!
DThere were the secrets: the big bang
And the Ebigger joke.
You seem to know Emall of them
And injuGstice makes you C#dimred with choke.D  Gm  D  
You love like you're desperate!
You don't know what love B7is!
I thought if there was Emone thing I could give you,
One thing I could C#dimtell you,
Maybe it was Dthis...Dsus4  D  
With your head on the Bm7bed board,
The anguished reEm7peat;
The sweat of ouDmr sadness--
                         D   Dsus4 D  
The twist of the sheets.
I don't want Gwhat's best for you!
     C#dimWhere would I be if you Dfound it?
I prayed a lot about these bad Emfeelings inside,
But I can't Gpray my way C#dimthrough or aDround it.Dsus4  D  
I found a lot of this somewhere else and messed around with it a bit. If you are the 
transcriber, please let me know.

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Caramia

by Indigo Girls

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C#dim

Dsus4

Bm7

Em7

Am/B

Am/C

Asus2

D/B

D/C#

Dsus

CARAMIA (Emily Saliers)

D E

Caramia - a blank notebook and a back pocket fade...

You used to mock me;

Sometimes I would cry

C#dim D Gm D

When I was home later.

You hurt my feelings:

Why, why, why?

Write it down in your notebook,

G C#dim D Dsus4 D

My wannabe Harriet the spy.

Bm7

Some say your genius

Em7

Is in your madness;

Will you get better?

D Dsus4 D

And then will you leave us?

G C#dim

How you mixed with the darkness

At such a young age!

Until in your chemistry

Science and violence

C#dim D Dsus4 D

Turned silence to rage.

D5 D5 B D5 C# D5

/ /

Why... are you dreaming this?

Am Am/B Am/C Asus2

One shoe off, and a bridge to cross over.

D5 D5 B D5 C# D5

/ /

And where is your taxi fare?

Am Am/B

Are you left by yourself

Am/C Asus2

Or left by your lover?

D5 D5 B

For three nights straight now

D5 C# D5

I dreamed I kept both of my shoes,

Am Am/B

But I've forgotten my lines, and

Am/C Asus2

I've misplaced my cues;

D D/B

And there's a sea full of faces

D/C#

And a show to go on;

Am Am/B

And I'm struck mute at entrance

Am/C Asus2

With nothing to draw from!

There were the secrets: the big bang

And the bigger joke.

You seem to know all of them

G C#dim D Gm D

And injustice makes you red with choke.

You love like you're desperate!

You don't know what love is!

I thought if there was one thing I could give you,

C#dim

One thing I could tell you,

D Dsus4 D

Maybe it was this...

Bm7

With your head on the bed board,

Em7

The anguished repeat;

The sweat of our sadness--

D Dsus D

The twist of the sheets.

I don't want what's best for you!

C#dim D

Where would I be if you found it?

I prayed a lot about these bad feelings inside,

G C#dim D Dsus4 D

But I can't pray my way through or around it.

I found a lot of this somewhere else and messed around with it a bit. If you are the

transcriber, please let me know.

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