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Henry David Thoreau

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All chords relative to capo
Drone 3rd fret on B string entire song.
[Intro]
G G/F# Em7
G G/F# Em7
[Verse]
GCrying in the car seat, can't read your note
G/F#The record in my hands with a mountain and a ghost
GA voice you know is haunting me like Sufjan on the road
G/F#She's a killer and an angel, a killer oh you know
[Chorus]
Em7(Ah ooo)
You're a dCadd9octor, you're a wEm7/Bordsmith
and I'm HG/F#enry David Thoreau
Em7(Ah ooo)
I'm a wCadd9oodsman, I'm a pEm7/Boet
and my G/F#mother cleans my clothes
(Ah Em7ooo G/F#ooo oCadd9oo)
[Post Chorus]
G G/F# Em7
G G/F# Em7
[Verse]
GSmoking in the rose gold and listen to the rain
G/F#you were leaning on my shoulder as I stared out into space
Gin the morning you were leaving, heading back up to the lake
Gand the time was passing slowly, but it's passing all the same
[Chorus]
Em7(Ah ooo)
You're a dCadd9octor, you're a wEm7/Bordsmith
and I'm HG/F#enry David Thoreau
Em7(Ah ooo)
I'm a wCadd9oodsman, I'm a pEm7/Boet
and my G/F#mother cleans my clothes
(Ah Em7ooo G/F#ooo oCadd9oo)
(Ah Em7ooo G/F#ooo oCadd9oo)

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Henry David Thoreau

by Gavin Cooley

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

G/F#

Em7

Cadd9

Em7/B

All chords relative to capo

Drone 3rd fret on B string entire song.

[Intro]

G G/F# Em7

[Verse]

Crying in the car seat, can't read your note

G/F#

The record in my hands with a mountain and a ghost

A voice you know is haunting me like Sufjan on the road

G/F#

She's a killer and an angel, a killer oh you know

[Chorus]

Em7

(Ah ooo)

Cadd9 Em7/B

You're a doctor, you're a wordsmith

G/F#

and I'm Henry David Thoreau

Em7

(Ah ooo)

Cadd9 Em7/B

I'm a woodsman, I'm a poet

G/F#

and my mother cleans my clothes

Em7 G/F# Cadd9

(Ah ooo ooo ooo)

[Post Chorus]

G G/F# Em7

[Verse]

Smoking in the rose gold and listen to the rain

G/F#

you were leaning on my shoulder as I stared out into space

in the morning you were leaving, heading back up to the lake

and the time was passing slowly, but it's passing all the same

[Chorus]

Em7

(Ah ooo)

Cadd9 Em7/B

You're a doctor, you're a wordsmith

G/F#

and I'm Henry David Thoreau

Em7

(Ah ooo)

Cadd9 Em7/B

I'm a woodsman, I'm a poet

G/F#

and my mother cleans my clothes

Em7 G/F# Cadd9

(Ah ooo ooo ooo)

Em7 G/F# Cadd9

(Ah ooo ooo ooo)

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