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What Will You Say

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[Intro]
G F C
G F C
G F C
[Verse]
GIt's been such a long time and I was just a child then
FWhat will you say when you
CSee my face
GTime feels like its flown away, the days just pass and fade away
FWhat will you say when they
CTake my place
Git's funny now, I just don't feel like I'm a man
Fwhat will you say
Cwhen you see my face
Gmy face . . .
F C
[Chorus]
Glaaaa, laaa, Flaaa C(Repeat this until next verse)
[Verse]
Gmother dear, the world's gone cold, no-one cares about love anymore
Fwhat will you say when you've
Cseen my face
Gfather do you hear me, do you know me, do you even care
Fwhat will you say when you
Ctake my place
[Chorus]
Glaaaa, laaa, Flaaa C(Repeat this until next verse)
Gmy heart can't take it anymore
Fwhat will you say when you
Csee my face
[Bridge]
Em   D   BbC/Bb/C Em   D/F#   G(A)
I can feel your time crawling
Bb A F/G/F/G
to a slow end
Em   D   BbC/Bb/C Em   D/F#   G(A)
I can feel my time calling
Bbto a sAlow Abend
Doooooooh A/C#oooooooh Cooooooooh
[Chorus]
Glaaaa, laaa, Flaaa C(Repeat this until next verse)
[Verse]
Gmother dear, the world's gone cold, no-one cares about love anymore
Fwhat will you say when you
Csee my face
Gfather do you own me, do you know me, do you even care
Fwhat will you say when you
Ctake my place
Gwell its so funny now, i just don't feel like i'm a man
Fwhat will you say
C

The story behind the song

Jeff Buckley was an American musician who gained a following in the early 1990s performing in New York City. He signed with Columbia and released his only studio album, Grace, in 1994, which he promoted with extensive touring. Buckley began working on his second album in 1996, and continued work on it in Memphis in 1997 before his untimely death. This song is a posthumous release, appearing on a collection of his four-track demos and studio recordings.

AI-written from these sources:Jeff Buckley — Wikipedia ↗

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