Through The Window

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Intro G (with steps)and Am
This is a simplified version; Chris plays this song finger style
with a predominant walkup/down on the G chord shape B string. See previous tab version for steps
Capo 2 (chord shapes relative)
key=B minor
(verse)
G
The clouds that gathered turned to rain
G
The candles on your sill burned out
Am
The weather on your face
Em C G
Turned to match the mood outside
G
Reading through poems that you saved
G
That make the gloomy hours make sense
Am
Or do they lose their power
Em C G
With the yellowing of age
(Chorus)
C
I saw you suffering
G
Through a foggy window in the
D
rain
Em
When you thought no one was watching, yeah
C
Going through your memories
G D
Like so many prisons to escape
Em
And become someone else
F
With another face
C
And another name
G
No more suffering
(verse)
G
You sold the best of yourself out
G
On a chain of grey and white lies
Am
One syllable at a time
Em C
You should have made them pay
G
A higher price
(Chorus)
C
I saw you suffering
G
Through the cracked and dirty
D
window pane,
I was ashamed that I was
Em
watching, yeah
C
Going through your imagination
G
Looking for a life you could
D
create
Em
And become somebody else, yeah
F
With another face
C
With another name
D
No more suffering
(strum)
Am C
I wish that I could find a seed
C G
And plant a tree that grows so high
G
So that I could climb
And harvest the ripe stars
Am
For you and I to drink
C
And spit the ashes from our mouths
Em
And put the grey back in the clouds
And send them packing with our bags
D
Of old regrets and sorrows
'Cause they don't do a thing but drag us down
So far down
(verse, back to finger style)
G
The past is like a braided rope
G
Each moment tightly coiled inside
(chorus/finish)
C
I saw you suffering
G
Through the yellow window of a
D
train
D Em
With everybody watching, yeah
C
Too tired for imagining
G
That you could ever love somebody
D
else
D Em
From somewhere far away
F
From another time
C
From another place
Am
With another life
Em
And another face
D
And another name
D
And another name
G
No more suffering

Through The Window chords and lyrics

Free chords for Through The Window by Chris Cornell. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

Intro G (with steps)and Am
This is a simplified version; Chris plays this song finger style
with a predominant walkup/down on the G chord shape B string. See previous tab version for steps
Capo 2 (chord shapes relative)
key=B minor
(verse)
(Chorus)
(verse)
(Chorus)
I was ashamed that I was 
(strum)
And harvest the ripe stars
And send them packing with our bags
'Cause they don't do a thing but drag us down
So far down
(verse, back to finger style)
(chorus/finish)

Through The Window Chords by Chris Cornell

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Through The Window Chords · Chris Cornell